ζυγουλκός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) + ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdy.ɡuːl.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zy.ɡulˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zy.ɣulˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zy.ɣulˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zi.ɣulˈkos/
Adjective
ζῠγουλκός • (zŭgoulkós) m or f (neuter ζῠγουλκόν); second declension
- (of oxen) drawing the yoke
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ζῠγουλκός zŭgoulkós |
ζῠγουλκόν zŭgoulkón |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκοί zŭgoulkoí |
ζῠγουλκᾰ́ zŭgoulkắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | ζῠγουλκοῦ zŭgoulkoû |
ζῠγουλκοῦ zŭgoulkoû |
ζῠγουλκοῖν zŭgoulkoîn |
ζῠγουλκοῖν zŭgoulkoîn |
ζῠγουλκῶν zŭgoulkôn |
ζῠγουλκῶν zŭgoulkôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ζῠγουλκῷ zŭgoulkōî |
ζῠγουλκῷ zŭgoulkōî |
ζῠγουλκοῖν zŭgoulkoîn |
ζῠγουλκοῖν zŭgoulkoîn |
ζῠγουλκοῖς zŭgoulkoîs |
ζῠγουλκοῖς zŭgoulkoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ζῠγουλκόν zŭgoulkón |
ζῠγουλκόν zŭgoulkón |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκούς zŭgoulkoús |
ζῠγουλκᾰ́ zŭgoulkắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | ζῠγουλκέ zŭgoulké |
ζῠγουλκόν zŭgoulkón |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκώ zŭgoulkṓ |
ζῠγουλκοί zŭgoulkoí |
ζῠγουλκᾰ́ zŭgoulkắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ζῠγουλκῶς zŭgoulkôs |
ζῠγουλκότερος zŭgoulkóteros |
ζῠγουλκότᾰτος zŭgoulkótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζυγουλκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζυγουλκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette