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ζεῦγος, a yoke of beasts, a pair of mules, oxen

ζεῦγος, εος, τό, (ζεύγνυμι)
  • yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, Il. 18.543, IG 5(2).3.1 (Arc., iv B.C.), etc.; ζ. ἵππων And. 4.26.
      • 2 carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot, ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι Hdt. 1.31; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι ib. 199; ἐπὶ ζεύγους ἄγειν And. 1.45; τῷ ζεύγει ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα Hyp. Lyc. 5; wagons, ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι SIG 124 (iv B.C.); βοεικά Th. 4.128; racing-car, = τέθριππον, Id. 5.50; ζ. τέθριππον A. Fr. 346; ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν Pl. Ap. 36d (but = συνωρίς, Plu. Symp. 2.146d); ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, Id. Ant. 6; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, D. 21.158.
    • II pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt. 3.76; πεδέων ib. 130; Ἀτρειδᾶν A. Ag. 44 (anap.); ἐμβάδων Ar. Eq. 872, cf. Herod. 7.51; ἐνωτίων BGU 1050.9 (Aug.), etc.; κεράμου IG 1(2).313.23, al.; [κεράμων] SIG 245 G i36 (Delph., iv B.C.); θυρῶν IG 1(2).313.110; ταὧν Antiph. 205; καλλιπύγων Cerc. 14: abs., married couple, τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν X. Oec. 7.18; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. Luc. Am. 11; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, Plu. Mult. 2.93d; ἐς ζεύγεα Luc. Syr.D. 12.
      • 2 mouthpiece of a double flute, Thphr. HP 4.11.4, 6.
      • 3 ζ. ἱματίων suit of clothes, BGU 814.9 (iii A.D.).
    • III incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, E. Fr. 357; so ζ. τρίδουλον Ar. Fr. 576; ζ. νεκρῶν, where parents and children are spoken of, E. HF 454.
    • IV = Lat. jugerum, Cod.Just. 10.27.2.8.

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