ζεύγνυμι
χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours
English (LSJ)
A ζεύγνῡσι A.Pers.191, (ὑπο-) Pl.Plt.309a; 2pl. imper. ζεύγνῠτε E.Rh.33 (lyr.); inf. -ύναι (μετα-) X.Cyr.6.3.21, Ep. ζευγνῦμεν Il.16.145; part. ζευγνύς Hdt.1.206, 4.89; impf. 3pl. ἐζεύγνῠσαν Id.7.33, Ep. ζεύγν- Il.24.783: also ζευγνύω Hdt.1.205, Plb.5.52.4, etc.: impf. ἐζεύγνυον Hdt.4.89 (Ep. ζεύγν- v.l. Il.19.393): fut. ζεύξω Pi.I.1.6, etc.: aor. 1 ἔζευξα Od.3.478, etc.: late pf. ἔζευχα (ἐπ-) Philostr.VA2.14:—Med., Ep. impf. 3dual ζευγνύσθην Il.24.281, 3pl. ἐζεύγνυντο Od.3.492: fut. ζεύξομαι E.Hec.469(lyr.), etc.: aor. 1 ἐζευξάμην Hdt.3.102, E.Ion901 (lyr.):—Pass., fut. ζευχθήσομαι (δια-) Gal.9.938: aor.1 ἐζεύχθην Pi.O.3.6, Hdt.7.6, A.Ag.842, Pl.Plt.302e: more commonly aor. 2 ἐζύγην [ῠ] Pi.N.7.6, E.Supp.822 (lyr.), (συ-) Pl.R.546c: pf. ἔζευγμαι Il.18.276: plpf. ἔζευκτο Hdt.4.85.—Usu. in aor. Act. in Hom.: the simple Verb is rare in Att. Prose:—yoke, put to, ὑπ' ὄχεσφιν ἵππους Il.23.130; ὑφ' ἅρμασιν ἵππους 24.14; ὑπ' ἀμάξῃσιν βόας ἡμιόνους τε ib.783; κἄζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα A.Pr.462:—Med. (esp. in Od.), ἵππους ζεύγνυσθαι put to one's horses, Od.3.492, al.: abs., ζευγνύσθην Il.24.281; ζεύξομαι ἆρα πώλους E.Hec. 469(lyr.); καμήλους Hdt.3.102; of riding horses, harness, saddle and bridle, ζεῦξαι Πάγασον Pi.O.13.64, cf.Ar.Pax128, 135; of chariots, put to, get ready, ζ. ἅρμα, ὄχους, Pi.P.10.65, E.Andr.1020(lyr.):—Med., τέθριππα Id.Alc.428. 2 bind fast, ἀσκοὺς δεσμοῖς X.An.3.5.10: —Pass., φάρη . . ἐζευγμέναι πόρπαισιν having them fastened . ., E.El. 317. 3 metaph., πότμῳ ζυγείς in the yoke of fate, Pi.N.7.6; ζυγεὶς ἐν ἅρμασι πημάτων A.Ch.795(lyr.); ἀνάγκῃ ζυγείς S.Ph.1025; ζεύχθη was tamed, Id.Ant.955 (lyr.); θεσφάτοις . . ζυγείς E.Supp.220; ὁρκίοισι ζ. Id.Med.735; μοναρχία ζευχθεῖσα ἐν γράμμασιν ἀγαθοῖς Pl.Plt.302e: —Med., τόνδ' ἐν ὅρκοις ζεύξομαι E.Supp.1229. II join together, σανίδες . . μακραὶ ἐΰξεστοι ἐζευγμέναι well-joined, Il.18.276 (elsewh. in Hom. only in signf. 1); ζεῦξαι ὀδόντας, in setting a fractured jaw, Hp.Art. 32; τὼ πόδε ζευγνύντες, of sculptors who made their statues with joined feet, Hld.3.13. 2 join in wedlock, ἐπειδὰν εὐφρόνη ζεύξῃ μία yokes her in wedlock, S.Fr.583.11; of the parents or authors of the marriage, τίς ταύτην ἔζευξε; E.IA698; ζ. τὴν θυγατέρα τινί App. BC2.14, cf. Ath.12.554d:—in Med., of the husband, wed, ἄκοιτιν ζεύξασθαι E.Alc.994(lyr.); παρθένειον ἐζεύξω λέχος Id.Tr.676 (so in Act., γάμοις ἔζευξ' Ἀδράστου παῖδα I married his daughter, Id.Ph. 1366; ὁ Σεμέλην ζεύξας γάμοις Id.Ba.468):—Pass., to be married, ἐζευγμένη, opp. κόρη, S.Tr.536; γάμοις ζευχθῆναι or ζυγῆναι, Id.OT 826, E.IA907, etc.; ἐν γάμοις Id.El.99; ἐς ἀνδρὸς εὐνάν Id.Supp.822 (lyr.): metaph., ζ. μέλος ἔργμασι Pi.N.1.7, cf.I.1.6. 3 join opposite banks by bridges, ποταμὸν ζεῦξαι Hdt.1.206; τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον Id.7.33, Lys.2.29; μηχαναῖς ἔζευξεν Ἕλλης πορθμόν A.Pers.722 (troch.):—also in Med., ζεύγνυσθαι τὸν Βόσπορον Hdt.4.83 (v.l. -νύναι):—Pass., Id.7.6, 34; διῶρυξ ἐζευγμένη πλοίοις X.An.1.2.5; but also, b γεφύρας ζεῦξαι Hdt.1.205, cf. 4.85, 118,al. 4 furnish ships with cross-benches (ζυγόν 111), Hes.Fr.76.6; but ζεύξαντες τὰς παλαιὰς [ναῦς] ὥστε πλωΐμους εἶναι having strengthened them with thwarts, Th.1.29, cf. Sch. ad loc. 5 pair or match gladiators, Arr.Epict.1.29.37. 6 join issue at law, in Pass., [δίκαι] ὑπέρ τινος ἐζευγμέναι SIG742.44 (Ephesus, i B.C.). (Cf. Skt. yunákti, pl. yuñjánti 'yoke', Lat. jungo, jugum.)