σύζυγος
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “mate, yoked together”), from συ(ν) (su(n), “together”) + ζυγός (zugós, “yoke, pair”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”). Cognate with English syzygy, itself a borrowing from the related συζυγία (suzugía, “union, junction”).
Noun
σύζυγος • (sýzygos) m or f (plural σύζυγοι)
- yokefellow (close companion, co-worker, or mate)
- spouse (husband or wife)
- (in the plural) couple (husband and wife)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σύζυγος (sýzygos) | σύζυγοι (sýzygoi) |
| genitive | συζύγου (syzýgou) | συζύγων (syzýgon) |
| accusative | σύζυγο (sýzygo) | συζύγους (syzýgous) |
| vocative | σύζυγε (sýzyge) | σύζυγοι (sýzygoi) |
Coordinate terms
- άνδρας m (ándras, “husband, man”)
- γυναίκα f (gynaíka, “wife, woman”)
- ζευγάρι n (zevgári, “couple”)
- παντρεμένη f (pantreméni, “married”)
- παντρεμένος m (pantreménos, “married”)
- συντρόφισσα f (syntrófissa, “partner, comrade”)
- σύντροφος m or f (sýntrofos, “partner, comrade”)
- ταίρι n (taíri, “partner”)