ζεῦγμα

See also: Ζεῦγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ζεύγνῡμι (zeúgnūmi, “to join”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdêu̯ŋ.ma/ → /ˈzeβɣ.ma/ → /ˈzevɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdêu̯ŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzewɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzeβɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzevɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzevɣ.ma/

Noun

ζεῦγμα • (zeûgma) n (genitive ζεύγματος); third declension

1. that which is used for joining, band, bond
2. bridge of boats
3. canal lock
4. (rhetoric) zeugma

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζεῦγμᾰ; τοῦ ζεύγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζεῦγμᾰ tò zeûgma	τὼ ζεύγμᾰτε tṑ zeúgmate	τᾰ̀ ζεύγμᾰτᾰ tà zeúgmata
Genitive	τοῦ ζεύγμᾰτος toû zeúgmatos	τοῖν ζευγμᾰ́τοιν toîn zeugmátoin	τῶν ζευγμᾰ́των tôn zeugmátōn
Dative	τῷ ζεύγμᾰτῐ tôi zeúgmati	τοῖν ζευγμᾰ́τοιν toîn zeugmátoin	τοῖς ζεύγμᾰσῐ / ζεύγμᾰσῐν toîs zeúgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζεῦγμᾰ tò zeûgma	τὼ ζεύγμᾰτε tṑ zeúgmate	τᾰ̀ ζεύγμᾰτᾰ tà zeúgmata
Vocative	ζεῦγμᾰ zeûgma	ζεύγμᾰτε zeúgmate	ζεύγμᾰτᾰ zeúgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ζεῦγμα (Zeûgma)

References

• “ζεῦγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζεῦγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζεῦγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bar idem, page 62.
  • boom idem, page 89.