ζυγίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke”) + -ίς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdy.ɡís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zyˈɡis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zyˈʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zyˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ziˈʝis/
Noun
ζῠγῐ́ς • (zŭgĭ́s) f (genitive ζῠγῐ́δος); third declension
- wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- Synonyms: ἀγρῐόπρᾰσον (agrĭóprăson), ἕρπῠλλος (hérpŭllos)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ζῠγῐ́ς hē zŭgĭ́s |
τὼ ζῠγῐ́δε tṑ zŭgĭ́de |
αἱ ζῠγῐ́δες hai zŭgĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζῠγῐ́δος tês zŭgĭ́dos |
τοῖν ζῠγῐ́δοιν toîn zŭgĭ́doin |
τῶν ζῠγῐ́δων tôn zŭgĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζῠγῐ́δῐ tēî zŭgĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ζῠγῐ́δοιν toîn zŭgĭ́doin |
ταῖς ζῠγῐ́σῐ / ζῠγῐ́σῐν taîs zŭgĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζῠγῐ́δᾰ tḕn zŭgĭ́dă |
τὼ ζῠγῐ́δε tṑ zŭgĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ζῠγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s zŭgĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζῠγῐ́ς zŭgĭ́s |
ζῠγῐ́δε zŭgĭ́de |
ζῠγῐ́δες zŭgĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: zygis
Further reading
- “ζυγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζυγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette