ζυγόδεσμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) +‎ δεσμός (desmós, “bond, fetter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdy.ɡó.dez.mon/ → /zyˈɣo.ðez.mon/ → /ziˈɣo.ðez.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdy.ɡó.dez.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zyˈɡo.dez.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zyˈɣo.ðez.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zyˈɣo.ðez.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣo.ðez.mon/

Noun

ζῠγόδεσμον • (zugódesmon) n (genitive ζῠγοδέσμου); second declension

1. yoke-band, a cord or strap for fastening the yoke to the pole

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζῠγόδεσμον; τοῦ ζῠγοδέσμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῠγόδεσμον tò zugódesmon	τὼ ζῠγοδέσμω tṑ zugodésmō	τᾰ̀ ζῠγόδεσμᾰ tà zugódesma
Genitive	τοῦ ζῠγοδέσμου toû zugodésmou	τοῖν ζῠγοδέσμοιν toîn zugodésmoin	τῶν ζῠγοδέσμων tôn zugodésmōn
Dative	τῷ ζῠγοδέσμῳ tôi zugodésmōi	τοῖν ζῠγοδέσμοιν toîn zugodésmoin	τοῖς ζῠγοδέσμοις toîs zugodésmois
Accusative	τὸ ζῠγόδεσμον tò zugódesmon	τὼ ζῠγοδέσμω tṑ zugodésmō	τᾰ̀ ζῠγόδεσμᾰ tà zugódesma
Vocative	ζῠγόδεσμον zugódesmon	ζῠγοδέσμω zugodésmō	ζῠγόδεσμᾰ zugódesma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ζυγόδεσμον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζυγόδεσμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ζυγόδεσμον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963