ὑποζύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.poz.dý.ɡi.on/ → /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/ → /i.poˈzi.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.poz.dý.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.poˈzy.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈzi.ʝi.on/

Noun

ὑποζῠ́γῐον • (hupozúgion) n (genitive ὑποζῠγῐ́ου); second declension

1. beast of burden, draught animal
2. (later specifically) donkey, ass

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον; τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozúgion	τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozugíō	τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tà hupozúgia
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου toû hupozugíou	τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozugíoin	τῶν ὑποζῠγῐ́ων tôn hupozugíōn
Dative	τῷ ὑποζῠγῐ́ῳ tôi hupozugíōi	τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozugíoin	τοῖς ὑποζῠγῐ́οις toîs hupozugíois
Accusative	τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozúgion	τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozugíō	τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tà hupozúgia
Vocative	ὑποζῠ́γῐον hupozúgion	ὑποζῠγῐ́ω hupozugíō	ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ hupozúgia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υποζύγιο (ypozýgio)

Further reading

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