Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

A nu-stem root present from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-. Compare δείκνῡμι (deíknūmi, to show). Cognate with Latin iungō, Sanskrit युनक्ति (yunákti).

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ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi)

  1. (active voice) to yoke, saddle, bridle a beast of burden (horses, cattle, mules); to get ready (a chariot)
    1. (middle voice) to have one's beasts yoked
    2. to fasten tightly
  2. to join or link together
    1. to join in wedlock
    2. (active voice or middle voice) to build a bridge from bank to bank
    3. to furnish ships with crossbenches
    4. to pair gladiators

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  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ζεύγνυμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ζεύγνυμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter