ζευγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdeu̯.ɡís/ → /zeβˈʝis/ → /zevˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdeu̯.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zewˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zeβˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zevˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zevˈʝis/

Noun

ζευγῐ́ς • (zeugís) f (genitive ζευγῐ́δος); third declension

1. rope

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζευγῐ́ς; τῆς ζευγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζευγῐ́ς hē zeugís	τὼ ζευγῐ́δε tṑ zeugíde	αἱ ζευγῐ́δες hai zeugídes
Genitive	τῆς ζευγῐ́δος tês zeugídos	τοῖν ζευγῐ́δοιν toîn zeugídoin	τῶν ζευγῐ́δων tôn zeugídōn
Dative	τῇ ζευγῐ́δῐ têi zeugídi	τοῖν ζευγῐ́δοιν toîn zeugídoin	ταῖς ζευγῐ́σῐ / ζευγῐ́σῐν taîs zeugísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζευγῐ́δᾰ tḕn zeugída	τὼ ζευγῐ́δε tṑ zeugíde	τᾱ̀ς ζευγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s zeugídas
Vocative	ζευγῐ́ς zeugís	ζευγῐ́δε zeugíde	ζευγῐ́δες zeugídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ζευγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζευγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette