ζύγαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) + -αινᾰ (-aină).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdý.ɡai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɡɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ʝɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ʝe.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ʝe.na/
Noun
ζῠ́γαινᾰ • (zŭ́gaină) f (genitive ζῠγαίνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ζῠ́γαινᾰ hē zŭ́gaină |
τὼ ζῠγαίνᾱ tṑ zŭgaínā |
αἱ ζῠ́γαιναι hai zŭ́gainai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζῠγαίνης tês zŭgaínēs |
τοῖν ζῠγαίναιν toîn zŭgaínain |
τῶν ζῠγαινῶν tôn zŭgainôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζῠγαίνῃ tēî zŭgaínēi |
τοῖν ζῠγαίναιν toîn zŭgaínain |
ταῖς ζῠγαίναις taîs zŭgaínais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζῠ́γαινᾰν tḕn zŭ́gainăn |
τὼ ζῠγαίνᾱ tṑ zŭgaínā |
τᾱ̀ς ζῠγαίνᾱς tā̀s zŭgaínās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζῠ́γαινᾰ zŭ́gaină |
ζῠγαίνᾱ zŭgaínā |
ζῠ́γαιναι zŭ́gainai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ζύγαινα (zýgaina)
- → Translingual: Zygaena
- → Old Georgian: [Term?]
- → Latin: zygaena
- → Old Armenian: զիգն (zign)
Further reading
- “ζύγαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζύγαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette