ζεύγλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζεῦγλα (zeûgla)

Etymology

From ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to harness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zděu̯.ɡlɛː/ → /ˈzeβ.ɣli/ → /ˈzev.ɣli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zděu̯.ɡlɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzew.ɡle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzeβ.ɣli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzev.ɣli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzev.ɣli/

Noun

ζεύγλη • (zeúglē) f (genitive ζεύγλης); first declension

1. loop attached to the yoke, through which the beasts's head were put
2. crossbar of the double rudder

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζεύγλη; τῆς ζεύγλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζεύγλη hē zeúglē	τὼ ζεύγλᾱ tṑ zeúglā	αἱ ζεῦγλαι hai zeûglai
Genitive	τῆς ζεύγλης tês zeúglēs	τοῖν ζεύγλαιν toîn zeúglain	τῶν ζευγλῶν tôn zeuglôn
Dative	τῇ ζεύγλῃ têi zeúglēi	τοῖν ζεύγλαιν toîn zeúglain	ταῖς ζεύγλαις taîs zeúglais
Accusative	τὴν ζεύγλην tḕn zeúglēn	τὼ ζεύγλᾱ tṑ zeúglā	τᾱ̀ς ζεύγλᾱς tā̀s zeúglās
Vocative	ζεύγλη zeúglē	ζεύγλᾱ zeúglā	ζεῦγλαι zeûglai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ζεύγληθεν (zeúglēthen)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: زلوه (zelve), زاوله (zavla), زوله (zevle)
  • Turkish: zelve

Further reading

• “ζεύγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζεύγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζεύγλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette