ζύγαστρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σίγιστρον (sígistron)
Etymology
From ζυγόω (zugóō, “to yoke, join together”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdý.ɡas.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɡas.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.ɣas.tron/
Noun
ζῠ́γᾰστρον • (zŭ́găstron) n (genitive ζῠγᾰ́στρου); second declension
- chest, box
- (in the plural) fastenings
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zŭ́găstron |
τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zŭgắstrō |
τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tằ zŭ́găstră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ζῠγᾰ́στρου toû zŭgắstrou |
τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zŭgắstroin |
τῶν ζῠγᾰ́στρων tôn zŭgắstrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ζῠγᾰ́στρῳ tōî zŭgắstrōi |
τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zŭgắstroin |
τοῖς ζῠγᾰ́στροις toîs zŭgắstrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zŭ́găstron |
τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zŭgắstrō |
τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tằ zŭ́găstră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζῠ́γᾰστρον zŭ́găstron |
ζῠγᾰ́στρω zŭgắstrō |
ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ zŭ́găstră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ζυγάστριον (zugástrion)
Further reading
- “ζύγαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζύγαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζύγαστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette