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συζυγία

συζυγία, a yoke of animals, a pair

συζῠγ-ία, ἡ,
  • = σύζευξις, union, E. HF 675 (lyr.); union of branches with the trunk, σ. τῶν φλεβῶν Arist. HA 586b21.
    • II yoke of animals, pair, σ. πώλων E. Hipp. 1131 (lyr.); of persons, Plu. Demetr. 1: generally, pair, Pl. Phd. 71c, Prm. 143d, Arist. IA 704b20; σ. πτερύγων, μήλων, δονάκων, AP 5.267.6, 289 (both Paul.Sil.), 6.27 (Theaet.); ἄρσενα σ., of two sons, IG 12(8).442.6 (Thasos); κατὰ συζυγίας in pairs, esp. of animals, κατὰ συζυγίας φωλοῦσιν . . οἱ ἄρρενες θήλεσιν Arist. HA 599b6, cf. 631b1; in plants, Thphr. HP 3.11.3, al.: hence,
      • 2 coupling, copulation, AP 5.220 (Paul.Sil.), 10.68 (Agath.).
      • 3 in war, squadron of four war-chariots, = two ζυγαρχίαι, Ascl. Tact. 8, Ael. Tact. 22.2.
    • III conjunction of words or things in pairs, syzygy, Arist. Top. 113a12, GC 332b3 (pl.), Mete. 378b11 (pl.), Stoic. 2.132, Gal. 6.95, al.: more generally, combination of words, οὐκ ἐν τῷ κάλλει τῶν ὀνομάτων ἡ πειθώ, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ σ. D.H. Comp. 3, cf. 6; of letters, ib. 22; coupling of terms in a syllogism, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.50.
      • 2 Gramm., conjugation, D.T. 638.6 (pl.), A.D. Adv. 161.28, POxy. 469.13 (iii A.D.); or declension, A.D. Adv. 198.6, Synt. 271.16, Ath. 9.392b; any group of related words, e.g. sapiens, sapienter, sapientia, Cic. Top. 3.12, cf. 9.38.
      • 3 in Prosody, syzygy, dipodia, Heph. 7.8, Aristid. Quint. 1.14, Syrian. in Hermog. 1 p.31 R.
        • b syncope, Anon.Rhythm. 3.19.
    • IV Astron., syzygy, of two stars one of which rises and sets as the other sets and rises, Autol. 1.4; of zodiacal signs rising and setting between the same points of the horizon, Gem. 2.27; of the moonʼs conjunctions and oppositions with the sun, Ptol. Alm. 5.1, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.131; so of planets, Ptol. Alm. 5.10.
    • V Math., αἱ κατὰ συζυγίαν ἀντικείμεναι [τομαί] conjugate opposite sections, i.e. conjugate hyperbolas, each with two branches, Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.17, al.

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