Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζυγοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζυγοφόρος ζυγοφόρον

Structure: ζυγοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing the yoke

Examples

  • ἀμπελῶνεσ, ἄλλον ἡμίονοι Γαλατικαὶ , ἄλλον ἵπποι ζυγοφόροι κείν’ ὄχεα κροτέοντεσ ἐνσεσείκασιν εἰσ βάραθρον συμβολαίων καὶ τόκων καὶ ὑποθηκῶν. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 2 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. bearing the yoke

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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