ζυγόν

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τό, also ζυγός, ὁ, (in various senses), h.Cer.217, Pl.Ti.63b, Theoc.30.29, LXXGe.27.40, al., Plb.4.82.2, Ev.Matt.11.29, Jul.Or.5.173a, etc.: rarely in pl.,

   A ζυγοί LXXPr.11.1, Sch.Th.1.29: Delph. δυγός (q.v.).    I yoke of a plough or carriage, ζ. 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; ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν (i.e. ζυγοῦ) λύον ἵππους Il.24.576: prov., τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζ. 'to be in the same boat', Aristaenet.2.7, Zen.3.43; ταὔτ' ἐμοὶ ζ. τρίβεις Herod.6.12.    2 metaph., ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖται h.Cer.217; ἐχθροῖσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσω Thgn.1023; ἐπαυχένιον λαβεῖν ζ. Pi.P.2.93; δούλιον ζ. the yoke of slavery, Hdt.7.8.γ, A.Th.75 (pl.), 471, etc.; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ., S.Aj.944, E.Or.1330; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δικαίως εἶχον S.Ant.291; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ . . so as to prevent... X.Cyr.3.1.27; ζυγῷ ζυγῆναι Pl.R.508a; ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. τινάς Plb.4.82.2, cf. D.H.3.22; ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. ὑπαγαγεῖν D.C.Fr.36.10; ζυγὸν ὑποστῆναι D.H.10.20.    II crossbar of the φόρμιγξ, Il.9.187.    2 ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα συζυγία Gp.5.29.6.    III in pl., thwarts or benches joining the opposite sides of a ship, Od.9.99, 13.21, Hdt.2.96: rarely in sg., θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S.Aj.249 (lyr.): metaph., of the seat of authority compared to the helmsman's seat, ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζ. E.Ion595; ἐπεὶ δ' ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς καθέζετ' ἀρχῆς Id.Ph.74; σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορός; while on the main thwart sits authority, A.Ag.1618; also of a coachman's seat, box, PMasp.303.15 (vi A.D.).    2 in pl., panels of a door, IG12.372.199,22.1457.14,1672.155; cf. ζευγίον.    IV 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; ἐν πλάστιγγι ζυγοῦ κεῖσθαι Id.R.55oe; ζυγῷ or ἐν τῷ ζ. ἱστάναι, Lys.10.18, Pl. Prt.356b; ζυγὸν ἱστάναι D.Prooem.55: in pl., Id.25.46, SIG975.39 (Delos, iii B.C.): prov., ζ. μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν Pythag. ap. D.L.8.18.    b the constellation Libra, Hipparch.3.1.5, Ph.1.28, Man.2.137, etc.; ζ. Ἀφροδίτης Porph.Antr.22.    V καρχασίου the yard-arm at the mast head, Pi.N.5.51, cf. Ach.Tat.5.16.    VI cross-strap of a sandal, Ar.Lys.417, Poll.7.81; ζυγός, ὁ, Phot.    VII pair, κλεινὸν ζυγόν, of persons, E.Hel.392; κατὰ ζυγά in pairs, Arist.HA544a5, Theoc.13.32.    VIII rank or line of soldiers, opp. file (στοῖχος), ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ζ. ἐμάχοντο τέσσαρες Th.5.68; ὁ ζυγός Polyaen.4.4.3 (τὰ ζυγά 2.10.4); κατὰ ζυγόν line with line, Plb.1.45.9; κατ' ἄνδρα καὶ ζ. Id.3.81.2; esp. front rank, Ael.Tact.7.1, Arr.Tact.8.1; also of the Chorus, Poll.4.108.    IX ζυγὰ ἢ ἄζυγα even or odd, a game, Sch.Ar.Pl.817.    X measure of land, SIG963.13 (Amorgos, iv B.C.).