ζυγόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, also [[ζυγός]], ὁ, (in various senses), ''h.Cer.''217, Pl.''Ti.''63b, Theoc.30.29, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''27.40, al., Plb.4.82.2, ''Ev.Matt.''11.29, Jul.''Or.''5.173a, etc.: rarely in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> ζυγοί [[LXX]] ''Pr.''11.1, Sch.Th.1.29: Delph. [[δυγός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[yoke]] of a [[plough]] or [[carriage]], ζυγὸν ἵππειον Il.5.799, 23.392; ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν ἵππους 5.731, cf. Od.3.383; ἐπὶ ζυγὸν αὐχένι θεῖναι βουσί Hes.''Op.''815, cf. 581; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν</b> (i.e. [[ζυγοῦ]]) λύον ἵππους Il.24.576: [[proverb|prov.]], [[τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζυγόν]] = 'to [[be in the same boat]]', Aristaenet.2.7, Zen.3.43; ταὔτ' ἐμοὶ ζ. τρίβεις Herod.6.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖται ''h.Cer.''217; ἐχθροῖσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσω Thgn.1023; ἐπαυχένιον [[λαβεῖν]] ζυγόν Pi.''P.''2.93; <b class="b3">δούλιον ζυγόν</b> the [[yoke]] of [[slavery]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.8.γ, A.''Th.''75 (pl.), 471, etc.; <b class="b3">δουλείας ζυγόν, ἀνάγκης ζυγόν</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''944, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1330; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον [[δικαίως]] εἶχον S.''Ant.''291; <b class="b3">ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ</b>… so as to [[prevent]]... [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.1.27; ζυγῷ ζυγῆναι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 508a; ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. τινάς Plb.4.82.2, cf. D.H.3.22; ὑπὸ τὸν ζυγὸν [[ὑπαγαγεῖν]] D.C.''Fr.''36.10; ζυγὸν ὑποστῆναι D.H.10.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[crossbar]] of the [[φόρμιγξ]], Il.9.187.<br><span class="bld">2</span> ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα [[συζυγία]] ''Gp.''5.29.6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in plural, [[thwart]]s or [[bench]]es [[join]]ing the [[opposite]] [[side]]s of a [[ship]], Od.9.99, 13.21, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.96: rarely in sg., θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''249 (lyr.): metaph., of the seat of [[authority]] [[compare]]d to the [[helmsman]]'s [[seat]], ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζυγόν E.''Ion''595; ἐπεὶ δ' ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς καθέζετ' ἀρχῆς Id.''Ph.''74; <b class="b3">σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορός</b>; while on the [[main]] [[thwart]] [[sit]]s [[authority]], A.''Ag.''1618; also of a [[coachman]]'s [[seat]], [[box]], PMasp.303.15 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural, [[panel]]s of a [[door]], ''IG''12.372.199,22.1457.14,1672.155; cf. [[ζευγίον]].<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[beam]] of the [[balance]], ζυγὸν ταλάντου A.''Supp.''822 (lyr.), cf. Arist.''Mech.''850a4: hence, [[the]] [[balance]] [[itself]] (cf. [[πῆχυς]] IV), [[αἴρειν]] τὸν ζυγόν Pl.''Ti.''63b; <b class="b3">ἐν πλάστιγγι</b> ζυγοῦ κεῖσθαι Id.''R.''55oe; [[ζυγῷ]] or <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ ζυγῷ ἱστάναι</b>, Lys.10.18, Pl. ''Prt.''356b; ζυγὸν ἱστάναι [[Demosthenes|D.]] ''[[Prooemia|Prooem.]]'' 55: in plural, Id.25.46, ''SIG''975.39 (Delos, iii B.C.): [[proverb|prov.]], ζυγόν μὴ [[ὑπερβαίνειν]] Pythag. ap. D.L.8.18.<br><span class="bld">b</span> the [[constellation]] [[Libra]], Hipparch.3.1.5, Ph.1.28, Man.2.137, etc.; [[ζυγός|ζυγὸς]] [[Ἀφροδίτη]]ς Porph.''Antr.''22.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[καρχασίου]] the [[yard-arm]] at the [[masthead]], Pi.''N.''5.51, cf. Ach.Tat.5.16.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[cross]]-[[strap]] of a [[sandal]], Ar.''Lys.''417, Poll.7.81; [[ζυγός]], ὁ, Phot.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[pair]], κλεινὸν ζυγόν, of persons, E.''Hel.''392; [[κατὰ ζυγά]] = [[in pairs]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''544a5, Theoc.13.32.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[rank]] or [[line]] of [[soldier]]s, opp. [[file]] ([[στοῖχος]]), ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ζ. ἐμάχοντο τέσσαρες Th.5.68; ὁ [[ζυγός]] Polyaen.4.4.3 (τὰ ζυγά 2.10.4); <b class="b3">κατὰ ζυγόν</b> [[line with line]], Plb.1.45.9; κατ' ἄνδρα καὶ κατὰ ζυγόν = [[man]] [[against]] [[man]] and [[rank]] [[against]] [[rank]] Id.3.81.2; esp. [[front]] [[rank]], Ael.''Tact.''7.1, Arr.''Tact.''8.1; also of the Chorus, Poll.4.108.<br><span class="bld">IX</span> <b class="b3">ζυγὰ ἢ ἄζυγα</b> [[even]] or [[odd]], a [[game]], Sch.Ar.''Pl.''817.<br><span class="bld">X</span> [[measure]] of [[land]], ''SIG''963.13 (Amorgos, iv B.C.).