ζεῦγος, εος, τό,
(ζεύγνυμι) yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.543, “IG” 5(2).3.1 (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζ. ἵππων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot, ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι[[ [prev. work] 199; ἐπὶ ζεύγους ἄγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45; τῷ ζεύγει ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wagons, ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι [[ “SIG” 124 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; βοεικά [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.128 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; racing-car,= τέθριππον, [[ [prev. author] 5.50; ζ. τέθριππον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 346; ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d (but ={συνωρίς}, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.146d)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 6 ] Refs]; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.158. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδέων[[ [prev. work] 130; Ἀτρειδᾶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 44 (_anapaest meter_); ἐμβάδων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 872, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.51; ἐνωτίων “BGU” 1050.9 (Aug.), etc.; κεράμου “IG” 12.313.23, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [κεράμων] [[ “SIG” 245 G i36 (Delph., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θυρῶν [[ “IG” 12.313.110; ταὧν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 205; καλλιπύγων 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, married couple, τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.93d; ἐς ζεύγεα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 12. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]