yoke of beasts, pair
ζεῦγος,εος,τό, (ζεύγνυμι)
A. yoke of beasts, pairorteam of mules, oxenorhorses, 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 ἐλάσασαιib. 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. 2.146d );ζ. μίσθιονa hiredchariot, Id. Ant. 6 ;λευκὸν ζ.withwhitehorses, D. 21.158 .
II. pairorcoupleof any things,ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt. 3.76 ;πεδέωνib. 130 ; Ἀτρειδᾶν
A. Ag. 44
(anap.); ἐμβάδων
Ar. Eq. 872
, cf. Herod. 7.51 ; ἐνωτίων
BGU 1050.9
(Aug.), etc.; κεράμου
IG 12.313.23
, al.; [κεράμων] SIG 245
G i36 (Delph.,iv B.C.); θυρῶν
IG 12.313.110
; 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 ζεῦγοςinpairs, Plu. 2.93d ; ἐς ζεύγεα
Luc. Syr.D. 12
.
2. mouthpiece of a double flute, Thphr. HP 4.11.4 , 6 .
3. ζ. ἱματίων suitof clothes, BGU 814.9
(iii A.D.).
III. incorrectly also ofmore than two thingsorpersons joined together,ζ. τριπάρθενονthree 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 .
