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ζεῦξις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζεῦξις ζεῦξεως

Structure: ζευξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: zeu/gnumi

Sense

  1. a yoking or manner of yoking
  2. a joining

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καίτοι ποτέ φασιν Ἀγαθάρχου τοῦ ζωγράφου μέγα φρονοῦντοσ ἐπὶ τῷ ταχὺ καὶ ῥᾳδίωσ τὰ ζῷα ποιεῖν ἀκούσαντα τὸν Ζεῦξιν εἰπεῖν· (Plutarch, , chapter 13 2:1)
  • ἐπὶ μὲν τοίνυν ἐπῶν ποιήσει Ὅμηρον ἔγωγε μάλιστα τεθαύμακα, ἐπὶ δὲ διθυράμβῳ Μελανιππίδην, ἐπὶ δὲ τραγῳδίᾳ Σοφοκλέα, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀνδριαντοποιίᾳ Πολύκλειτον, ἐπὶ δὲ ζωγραφίᾳ Ζεῦξιν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 4:2)
  • ἀπ’ ὧν δὴ Μανδροκλέησ ἀπαρχὴν ζῷα γραψάμενοσ πᾶσαν τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου καὶ βασιλέα τε Δαρεῖον ἐν προεδρίῃ κατήμενον καὶ τὸν στρατὸν αὐτοῦ διαβαίνοντα ταῦτα γραψάμενοσ ἀνέθηκε ἔσ τὸ Ἥραιον, ἐπιγράψασ τάδε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 88 2:2)
  • Ἔγραψε δὲ μαρτυρῶν ἡμῖν εὐσέβειάν τε καὶ πίστιν, ἡνίκα νεωτερίζοντα τὰ κατὰ τὴν Φρυγίαν ἐπύθετο καὶ Λυδίαν καθ’ ὃν ἦν καιρὸν ἐν ταῖσ ἄνω σατραπείαισ, κελεύων Ζεῦξιν τὸν αὐτοῦ στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ μάλιστα φίλον πέμψαι τινὰσ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἐκ Βαβυλῶνοσ εἰσ Φρυγίαν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 170:1)
  • Μόλων δὲ κυριεύσασ τῆσ τοῦ Ξενοίτου παρεμβολῆσ, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα διαβὰσ τὸν ποταμὸν ἀσφαλῶσ, ἅτε μηδενὸσ κωλύοντοσ διὰ τὸ φυγεῖν τὴν ἔφοδον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Ζεῦξιν, ἐγκρατὴσ γίνεται καὶ τῆσ τούτου στρατοπεδείασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 48 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a joining

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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