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ζύγιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζύγιος

Structure: ζυγι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zugo/n

Sense

  1. of or for the yoke, a draught-horse, wheeler, teams

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ζύγιος ζυγίᾱ ζύγιον
Genitive ζυγίου ζυγίᾱς ζυγίου
Dative ζυγίῳ ζυγίᾱͅ ζυγίῳ
Accusative ζύγιον ζυγίᾱν ζύγιον
Vocative ζύγιε ζυγίᾱ ζύγιον
DualN/A/V ζυγίω ζυγίᾱ ζυγίω
G/D ζυγίοιν ζυγίαιν ζυγίοιν
PluralNominative ζύγιοι ζύγιαι ζύγια
Genitive ζυγίων ζυγιῶν ζυγίων
Dative ζυγίοις ζυγίαις ζυγίοις
Accusative ζυγίους ζυγίᾱς ζύγια
Vocative ζύγιοι ζύγιαι ζύγια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ζύγιος ζυγίου ζυγιότερος ζυγιοτέρου ζυγιότατος ζυγιοτάτου
Adverb ζυγίως ζυγιότερον ζυγιότατα

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

  • οὐκ ἄρα μὰ τὴν Δήμητρα τῶν γ’ ἐμῶν ἔδει, οὔτ’ αὐτὸσ οὔθ’ ὁ ζύγιοσ οὔθ’ ὁ σαμφόρασ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 4:27)
  • οὔτ’ αὐτὸσ οὔθ’ ὁ ζύγιοσ οὔθ’ ὁ σαμφόρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 30 4:4)

Similar forms

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

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