ζύγινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζυγία (zugía, “field maple”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡi.nos/ → /ˈzy.ʝi.nos/ → /ˈzi.ʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɡi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ʝi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ʝi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

ζῠ́γῐνος • (zúginos) m (feminine ζῠγῐ́νη, neuter ζῠ́γῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of field maple

Inflection

First and second declension of ζῠ́γῐνος; ζῠγῐ́νη; ζῠ́γῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ζῠ́γῐνος zúginos	ζῠγῐ́νη zugínē	ζῠ́γῐνον zúginon		ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō	ζῠγῐ́νᾱ zugínā	ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō		ζῠ́γῐνοι zúginoi	ζῠ́γῐναι zúginai	ζῠ́γῐνᾰ zúgina
Genitive		ζῠγῐ́νου zugínou	ζῠγῐ́νης zugínēs	ζῠγῐ́νου zugínou		ζῠγῐ́νοιν zugínoin	ζῠγῐ́ναιν zugínain	ζῠγῐ́νοιν zugínoin		ζῠγῐ́νων zugínōn	ζῠγῐ́νων zugínōn	ζῠγῐ́νων zugínōn
Dative		ζῠγῐ́νῳ zugínōi	ζῠγῐ́νῃ zugínēi	ζῠγῐ́νῳ zugínōi		ζῠγῐ́νοιν zugínoin	ζῠγῐ́ναιν zugínain	ζῠγῐ́νοιν zugínoin		ζῠγῐ́νοις zugínois	ζῠγῐ́ναις zugínais	ζῠγῐ́νοις zugínois
Accusative		ζῠ́γῐνον zúginon	ζῠγῐ́νην zugínēn	ζῠ́γῐνον zúginon		ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō	ζῠγῐ́νᾱ zugínā	ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō		ζῠγῐ́νους zugínous	ζῠγῐ́νᾱς zugínās	ζῠ́γῐνᾰ zúgina
Vocative		ζῠ́γῐνε zúgine	ζῠγῐ́νη zugínē	ζῠ́γῐνον zúginon		ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō	ζῠγῐ́νᾱ zugínā	ζῠγῐ́νω zugínō		ζῠ́γῐνοι zúginoi	ζῠ́γῐναι zúginai	ζῠ́γῐνᾰ zúgina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ζῠγῐ́νως zugínōs				ζῠγῐνώτερος zuginṓteros				ζῠγῐνώτᾰτος zuginṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζύγινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζύγινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette