Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζευκτήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζευκτήριος ζευκτήριᾱ ζευκτήριον

Structure: ζευκτηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zeu/gnumi

Sense

  1. fit for joining or yoking
  2. a yoke

Examples

  • τοιόνδε Τροίᾳ περιβαλὼν ζευκτήριον ἄναξ Ἀτρείδησ πρέσβυσ εὐδαίμων ἀνὴρ ἥκει, τίεσθαι δ’ ἀξιώτατοσ βροτῶν τῶν νῦν· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode15)

Synonyms

  1. a yoke

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

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