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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /zdêu̯.ɡos/, /ˈzeβ.ɣos/, /ˈzev.ɣos/, /zdêu̯.ɡos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈzew.ɡos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzeβ.ɣos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzev.ɣos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzev.ɣos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”). See also ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to join”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*yéwgos|t=team of yoked animals}} Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζεύγεος|n|third|gen2=ζεύγους}} ζεῦγος • (zeûgos) n (genitive ζεύγεος or ζεύγους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζεῦγος|ζεύγους|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|ζεῦγος|ζεύγεος|dial=epi}}, {{grc-decl|ζεῦγος|ζεύγεος|dial=ion}} Forms: zeûgos [romanization], ζεύγεος [genitive], ζεύγους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ζεῦγος [nominative, singular], τὼ ζεύγει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ζεύγη [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζεύγους [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζευγοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζευγῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ζεύγει [dative, singular], τοῖν ζευγοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ζεύγεσῐ [dative, plural], ζεύγεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs zeúgesi [dative, plural], toîs zeúgesin [dative, plural], τὸ ζεῦγος [accusative, singular], τὼ ζεύγει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ζεύγη [accusative, plural], ζεῦγος [singular, vocative], ζεύγει [dual, vocative], ζεύγη [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], ζεῦγος [nominative, singular], ζεύγει [dual, nominative], ζεύγεε [dual, nominative], ζεύγεᾰ [nominative, plural], ζεύγεος [genitive, singular], ζεύγευς [genitive, singular], ζευγέοιν [dual, genitive], ζευγέων [genitive, plural], ζεύγει [dative, singular], ζεύγεῐ̈ [dative, singular], ζευγέοιν [dative, dual], ζεύγεσῐ [dative, plural], ζεύγεσῐν [dative, plural], zeúgesi [dative, plural], zeúgesin [dative, plural], ζεῦγος [accusative, singular], ζεύγει [accusative, dual], ζεύγεε [accusative, dual], ζεύγεᾰ [accusative, plural], ζεῦγος [singular, vocative], ζεύγει [dual, vocative], ζεύγεε [dual, vocative], ζεύγεᾰ [plural, vocative], declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ζεῦγος [nominative, singular], τὼ ζεύγει [dual, nominative], ζεύγεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζεύγεος [genitive, singular], ζεύγευς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζευγέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζευγέων [genitive, plural], τῷ ζεύγει [dative, singular], ζεύγεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν ζευγέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖσῐ [dative, plural], τοῖσῐν ζεύγεσῐ [dative, plural], ζεύγεσῐν [dative, plural], toîsi zeúgesi [dative, plural], toîsi zeúgesin [dative, plural], toîsini [dative, plural], toîsinin [dative, plural], τὸ ζεῦγος [accusative, singular], τὼ ζεύγει [accusative, dual], ζεύγεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ [accusative, plural], ζεῦγος [singular, vocative], ζεύγει [dual, vocative], ζεύγεε [dual, vocative], ζεύγεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. pair (two things, persons or animals considered as pair)
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-SrFjzctf
  2. yoke (two animals joined together)
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-RLp4sLNA
  3. a vehicle drawn by two or more animals, carriage, chariot
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-ujkNrkhM
  4. two persons or animals of different sex, in common bond, liaison
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-hsP5~j9L
  5. by two, in set of two Related terms (by two): κατά ζεῦγος (katá zeûgos), κατά ζεύγη (katá zeúgē), ἐς ζεύγεα (es zeúgea)
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-U066leyh Disambiguation of 'by two': 6 7 20 6 37 8 0 16
  6. a set of more than two
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-4zcW68Gg
  7. (music) double reed of a wind instrument (e.g. flute) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-grc:musical_instrument Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  8. (Byzantine) plethron, equivalent of a land area ploughed by two oxen in one day Tags: Byzantine Synonyms: πλέθρον
    Sense id: en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-grc:unit_of_measurement Categories (other): Byzantine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 13 12 2 2 9 35 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 8 8 13 7 3 13 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 22 10 10 1 1 12 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 22 16 13 1 1 3 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ζευγάριον (Hellenistic Koine), ζευγάριν (zeugárin) [Medieval] Related terms: ζυγόν (zugón)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hellenistic Koine",
      "word": "ζευγάριον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zeugárin",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "ζευγάριν"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ζεύγος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "זוגא",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zawgā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: זוגא (zawgā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: זוגא (zawgā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "زَوْج",
            "bor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: زَوْج (zawj)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "ز و ج",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "related to coupling"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ ز و ج (z w j, “related to coupling”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: زَوْج (zawj); ⇒ ز و ج (z w j, “related to coupling”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܙܘܓܐ",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zawgāʾ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܓܐ (zawgāʾ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܓܐ (zawgāʾ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "զոյգ",
            "bor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "זוּג",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zúg"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: זוּג (zúg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: זוּג (zúg)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*yéwgos",
        "t": "team of yoked animals"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”). See also ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to join”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zeûgos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγη",
      "roman": "tà zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ζεύγους",
      "roman": "toû zeúgous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ζευγῶν",
      "roman": "tôn zeugôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tôi zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγη",
      "roman": "tà zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγη",
      "roman": "zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεος",
      "roman": "zeúgeos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγευς",
      "roman": "zeúgeus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέων",
      "roman": "zeugéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεῐ̈",
      "roman": "zeúgeï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ζεύγεος",
      "roman": "toû zeúgeos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγευς",
      "roman": "zeúgeus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ζευγέων",
      "roman": "tôn zeugéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tôi zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεῐ̈",
      "roman": "zeúgeï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsinin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεύγεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "ζεύγους"
      },
      "expansion": "ζεῦγος • (zeûgos) n (genitive ζεύγεος or ζεύγους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγεος",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγεος",
        "dial": "ion"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zugón",
      "word": "ζυγόν"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have bought this pair of shoes, I am giving them to you to wear.",
          "ref": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 870",
          "roman": "zeûgos priámenos embádōn toutì phoreîn dídōmi.",
          "text": "ζεῦγος πριάμενος ἐμβάδων τουτὶ φορεῖν δίδωμι."
        },
        {
          "english": "King Menelaos, Agamemnon King, ... the mighty yoke-pair of the sons of Atreus.",
          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 40",
          "roman": "Menélaos ánax ēd’ Agamémnōn, ... okhuròn zeûgos Atreidân",
          "text": "Μενέλαος ἄναξ ἠδ’ Ἀγαμέμνων, ... ὀχυρὸν ζεῦγος Ἀτρειδᾶν"
        },
        {
          "english": "and to give a sacrifice according to what's said in the law of the LORD, \"A pair of turtledoves or two chicks of pigeons\".",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 2:24",
          "text": "καὶ τοῦ δοῦναι θυσίαν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου, «Ζεῦγος τρυγόνων ἢ δύο νεοσσούς περιστερῶν».\nkaì toû doûnai thusían katà tò eirēménon en nómōi Kuríou, «Zeûgos trugónōn ḕ dúo neossoús peristerôn»."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair (two things, persons or animals considered as pair)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-SrFjzctf",
      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1924 translation by A.T. Murray\nand ploughers full many therein were wheeling their yokes and driving them this way and that.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.542",
          "roman": "polloì d’ arotêres en autêi zeúgea dineúontes elástreon éntha kaì éntha.",
          "text": "πολλοὶ δ’ ἀροτῆρες ἐν αὐτῇ ζεύγεα δινεύοντες ἐλάστρεον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα."
        },
        {
          "english": "And another said, \"I bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm going to test them. Please have me excused.\"",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 14:19",
          "roman": "Kaì héteros eîpe, \"Zeúgē boôn ēgórasa pénte, kai poreúomai dokimásai autá. Erōtô se, ékhe me parēitēménon.\"",
          "text": "Καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε, \"Ζεύγη βοῶν ηγόρασα πέντε, και πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά. Ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yoke (two animals joined together)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-RLp4sLNA",
      "links": [
        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vehicle drawn by two or more animals, carriage, chariot"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-ujkNrkhM",
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "carriage",
          "carriage"
        ],
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[the gods] have put together the pair of what we call female and male.",
          "ref": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.18",
          "roman": "tó zeûgos toûto suntetheikénai hò kaleîtai thêlu kaì árrhen",
          "text": "τό ζεῦγος τοῦτο συντεθεικέναι ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two persons or animals of different sex, in common bond, liaison"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-hsP5~j9L",
      "links": [
        [
          "liaison",
          "liaison"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "See expressions"
        },
        {
          "english": "as pairs of friendship we call... Achilles and Patroclus, Orestes and Pylades, Findias and Damon.",
          "ref": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 7.II.93e",
          "roman": "katá zeûgos philías légontai... Akhilleùs kaì Pátroklos, Oréstēs kaì Puládēs, Phintías kaì Dámōn",
          "text": "κατά ζεῦγος φιλίας λέγονται... Ἀχιλλεὺς καὶ Πάτροκλος, Ὀρέστης καὶ Πυλάδης, Φιντίας καὶ Δάμων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by two, in set of two"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-U066leyh",
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 20 6 37 8 0 16",
          "roman": "katá zeûgos",
          "sense": "by two",
          "word": "κατά ζεῦγος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 20 6 37 8 0 16",
          "roman": "katá zeúgē",
          "sense": "by two",
          "word": "κατά ζεύγη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 20 6 37 8 0 16",
          "roman": "es zeúgea",
          "sense": "by two",
          "word": "ἐς ζεύγεα"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he [Paris] judged the triple pair, group of goddesses.",
          "ref": "415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 924",
          "roman": "ékrine trissòn zeûgos hóde triôn theôn",
          "text": "ἔκρινε τρισσὸν ζεῦγος ὅδε τριῶν θεῶν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a set of more than two"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-4zcW68Gg"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "grc:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 4.II.4"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "double reed of a wind instrument (e.g. flute)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-grc:musical_instrument",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) double reed of a wind instrument (e.g. flute)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "grc:musical instrument"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Byzantine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 15 13 12 2 2 9 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 8 8 13 7 3 13 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 22 10 10 1 1 12 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 22 16 13 1 1 3 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Cod.Just., 0 27.2",
          "text": "(Codex Iustinianus)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plethron, equivalent of a land area ploughed by two oxen in one day"
      ],
      "id": "en-ζεῦγος-grc-noun-grc:unit_of_measurement",
      "links": [
        [
          "plethron",
          "plethron"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) plethron, equivalent of a land area ploughed by two oxen in one day"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "grc:unit of measurement"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πλέθρον"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zdêu̯.ɡos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeβ.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zdêu̯.ɡos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzew.ɡos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeβ.ɣos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ζεῦγος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Hellenistic Koine",
      "word": "ζευγάριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zeugárin",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "ζευγάριν"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ζεύγος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ζεύγος (zévgos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "זוגא",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zawgā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: זוגא (zawgā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: זוגא (zawgā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "زَوْج",
            "bor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: زَوْج (zawj)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "ز و ج",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "related to coupling"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ ز و ج (z w j, “related to coupling”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: زَوْج (zawj); ⇒ ز و ج (z w j, “related to coupling”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܙܘܓܐ",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zawgāʾ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܓܐ (zawgāʾ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܓܐ (zawgāʾ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "զոյգ",
            "bor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: զոյգ (zoyg) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "זוּג",
            "bor": "on",
            "tr": "zúg"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: זוּג (zúg)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: זוּג (zúg)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*yéwgos",
        "t": "team of yoked animals"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *yéwgos (“team of yoked animals”). See also ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to join”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zeûgos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγη",
      "roman": "tà zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ζεύγους",
      "roman": "toû zeúgous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ζευγῶν",
      "roman": "tôn zeugôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tôi zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγη",
      "roman": "tà zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγη",
      "roman": "zeúgē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεος",
      "roman": "zeúgeos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγευς",
      "roman": "zeúgeus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέων",
      "roman": "zeugéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεῐ̈",
      "roman": "zeúgeï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ζεύγεος",
      "roman": "toû zeúgeos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγευς",
      "roman": "zeúgeus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ζευγέων",
      "roman": "tôn zeugéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tôi zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεῐ̈",
      "roman": "zeúgeï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζευγέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zeugéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν ζεύγεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi zeúgesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi zeúgesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsinin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "tò zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ζεύγει",
      "roman": "tṑ zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεῦγος",
      "roman": "zeûgos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγει",
      "roman": "zeúgei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεε",
      "roman": "zeúgee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ζεύγεᾰ",
      "roman": "zeúgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεύγεος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "ζεύγους"
      },
      "expansion": "ζεῦγος • (zeûgos) n (genitive ζεύγεος or ζεύγους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγους",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγεος",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ζεῦγος",
        "2": "ζεύγεος",
        "dial": "ion"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "zugón",
      "word": "ζυγόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katá zeûgos",
      "sense": "by two",
      "word": "κατά ζεῦγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katá zeúgē",
      "sense": "by two",
      "word": "κατά ζεύγη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "es zeúgea",
      "sense": "by two",
      "word": "ἐς ζεύγεα"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have bought this pair of shoes, I am giving them to you to wear.",
          "ref": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 870",
          "roman": "zeûgos priámenos embádōn toutì phoreîn dídōmi.",
          "text": "ζεῦγος πριάμενος ἐμβάδων τουτὶ φορεῖν δίδωμι."
        },
        {
          "english": "King Menelaos, Agamemnon King, ... the mighty yoke-pair of the sons of Atreus.",
          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 40",
          "roman": "Menélaos ánax ēd’ Agamémnōn, ... okhuròn zeûgos Atreidân",
          "text": "Μενέλαος ἄναξ ἠδ’ Ἀγαμέμνων, ... ὀχυρὸν ζεῦγος Ἀτρειδᾶν"
        },
        {
          "english": "and to give a sacrifice according to what's said in the law of the LORD, \"A pair of turtledoves or two chicks of pigeons\".",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 2:24",
          "text": "καὶ τοῦ δοῦναι θυσίαν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου, «Ζεῦγος τρυγόνων ἢ δύο νεοσσούς περιστερῶν».\nkaì toû doûnai thusían katà tò eirēménon en nómōi Kuríou, «Zeûgos trugónōn ḕ dúo neossoús peristerôn»."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair (two things, persons or animals considered as pair)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1924 translation by A.T. Murray\nand ploughers full many therein were wheeling their yokes and driving them this way and that.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.542",
          "roman": "polloì d’ arotêres en autêi zeúgea dineúontes elástreon éntha kaì éntha.",
          "text": "πολλοὶ δ’ ἀροτῆρες ἐν αὐτῇ ζεύγεα δινεύοντες ἐλάστρεον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα."
        },
        {
          "english": "And another said, \"I bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm going to test them. Please have me excused.\"",
          "ref": "50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 14:19",
          "roman": "Kaì héteros eîpe, \"Zeúgē boôn ēgórasa pénte, kai poreúomai dokimásai autá. Erōtô se, ékhe me parēitēménon.\"",
          "text": "Καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε, \"Ζεύγη βοῶν ηγόρασα πέντε, και πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά. Ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yoke (two animals joined together)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yoke",
          "yoke"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a vehicle drawn by two or more animals, carriage, chariot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "carriage",
          "carriage"
        ],
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[the gods] have put together the pair of what we call female and male.",
          "ref": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.18",
          "roman": "tó zeûgos toûto suntetheikénai hò kaleîtai thêlu kaì árrhen",
          "text": "τό ζεῦγος τοῦτο συντεθεικέναι ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two persons or animals of different sex, in common bond, liaison"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liaison",
          "liaison"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "See expressions"
        },
        {
          "english": "as pairs of friendship we call... Achilles and Patroclus, Orestes and Pylades, Findias and Damon.",
          "ref": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 7.II.93e",
          "roman": "katá zeûgos philías légontai... Akhilleùs kaì Pátroklos, Oréstēs kaì Puládēs, Phintías kaì Dámōn",
          "text": "κατά ζεῦγος φιλίας λέγονται... Ἀχιλλεὺς καὶ Πάτροκλος, Ὀρέστης καὶ Πυλάδης, Φιντίας καὶ Δάμων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by two, in set of two"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he [Paris] judged the triple pair, group of goddesses.",
          "ref": "415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 924",
          "roman": "ékrine trissòn zeûgos hóde triôn theôn",
          "text": "ἔκρινε τρισσὸν ζεῦγος ὅδε τριῶν θεῶν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a set of more than two"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 4.II.4"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "double reed of a wind instrument (e.g. flute)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) double reed of a wind instrument (e.g. flute)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "grc:musical instrument"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Cod.Just., 0 27.2",
          "text": "(Codex Iustinianus)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plethron, equivalent of a land area ploughed by two oxen in one day"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plethron",
          "plethron"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) plethron, equivalent of a land area ploughed by two oxen in one day"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "grc:unit of measurement"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πλέθρον"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zdêu̯.ɡos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeβ.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zdêu̯.ɡos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzew.ɡos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeβ.ɣos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzev.ɣos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ζεῦγος"
}

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