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ζευγίτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζευγίτης ζευγίτες

Structure: ζευγιτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: zeu=gos

Sense

  1. yoked in pairs, in the same rank
  2. their being able to keep a team of oxen

Examples

  • εἰ δέ τισ τῶν βουλευτῶν, ὅταν ἕδρα βουλῆσ ἢ ἐκκλησίασ ᾖ, ἐκλείποι τὴν σύνοδον, ἀπέτινον ὁ μὲν πεντακοσιομέδιμνοσ τρεῖσ δραχμάσ, ὁ δὲ ἱππεὺσ δύο, ζευγίτησ δὲ μίαν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 4 3:4)
  • Νόμοσ τῶν ἐπικλήρων ὅσαι θητικὸν τελοῦσιν, ἐὰν μὴ βούληται ἔχειν ὁ ἐγγύτατα γένουσ, ἐκδιδότω ἐπιδοὺσ ὁ μὲν πεντακοσιομέδιμνοσ πεντακοσίασ δραχμάσ, ὁ δ’ ἱππεὺσ τριακοσίασ, ὁ δὲ ζευγίτησ ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα, πρὸσ οἷσ αὐτῆσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 78:1)

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

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