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