ζυγόν: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[cf. [[ζεύγνυμι]]<br />[[anything]] [[which]] joins two bodies; and so,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[yoke]] or [[cross]]-bar tied by the [[ζυγόδεσμον]] to the end of the [[pole]], and having ζεῦγλαι (collars or loops) at [[each]] end, by [[which]] two horses, mules or oxen drew the [[plough]] or [[carriage]], Hom., etc.:—metaph., τὸ δούλιον ζ. the [[yoke]] of [[slavery]], Hdt.; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ. Soph., Eur.; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ… , so as to [[prevent]]… , Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[pair]], Eur.; κατὰ ζυγά in pairs, Theocr.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[cross]]-bar joining the horns of the [[φόρμιγξ]], [[along]] [[which]] the strings were fastened, Il.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in plural the [[thwarts]] joining the [[opposite]] sides of a [[ship]] or [[boat]], the benches, Lat. transtra, Od., Hdt.; in sg., Soph.:—metaph., τὸ πόλεος ζ. Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[middle]] of the [[three]] banks in a [[trireme]]; metaph., οἱ ἐπὶ ζυγῷ [[δορός]] those on the [[upper]] [[bench]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> the [[beam]] of the [[balance]], Dem.: — the [[balance]] itself, Plat.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> καρχασίου ζ. the [[yard]]-arm at the masthead, Pind.<br /><b class="num">VI.</b> a [[rank]] or [[line]] of soldiers, opp. to a [[file]], Thuc.