[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: <b><G>zugo/n</G></b> (<G>zeu/gnu=mi</G>), gen. <G>zugo/fin</G>: (1) <i>yoke</i> or cross-bar by means of which beasts of draught were attached to whatever was to be drawn. (See adjacent cut, combined from several antique representations.) <i>a</i>, <G>o)mfalo/s</G>; <i>b</i>, <G>cugo/desmon</G>; <i>c</i>, <G>kri/kos</G>; <i>d</i>, <G>zeu=glai</G>; <i>e</i>, straps to fasten the <G>zeu=glai</G>; <i>f</i>, <G>le/padna</G>; <i>g</i> and <i>h</i>, <G>oi)/hkes</G>, points of attachment for the collars, and rings through which the reins pass; <i>i</i>, <G>zugo/n</G>; <i>k</i>, projections to hold, e. g., the reins of the <G>parh/oros i(/ppos</G>. (Cf. also the Assyrian yoke on the chariot on board a ship, represented in the adjoining cut.)—(2) <i>cross-bar</i> of a lyre (see <XREF name="fo/rmigc"><G>fo/rmigc</G></XREF>), to which the strings were attached, Il. 9.187.—(3) pl., <G>zuga/</G>, <i>rowers' benches, thwarts</i> of a ship (see cut No. 32, under <G>e)/dafos</G>). <figure n=45></figure><figure n=46></figure>
ζῠγόν, τό, also ζυγόσ, ὁ, (in various senses), h.Cer.217, Pl.Ti.63b, Theoc.30.29, LXXGe.27.40, al., Plb.4.82.2, Ev.Matt.11.29, Jul.Or.5.173a, etc.: rarely in pl., ζυγοίLXXPr.11.1, Sch.Th.1.29: Delph. δυγόσ (q.v.). I.
yoke
of a plough or carriage, ζ. ἵππειονIl.5.799, 23.392; ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν ἵππουσ 5.731, cf. Od.3.383; ἐπὶ ζυγὸν αὐχένι θεῖναι βουσίHes.Op.815, cf. 581; ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν (i.e. ζυγοῦ) λύον ἵππουσIl.24.576: prov., τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζ. 'to be in the same boat', Aristaenet.2.7, Zen.3.43; ταὔτ' ἐμοὶ ζ. τρίβεισHerod.6.12. 2. metaph., ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖταιh.Cer.217; ἐχθροῖσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσωThgn.1023; ἐπαυχένιον λαβεῖν ζ. Pi.P.2.93; δούλιον ζ.
the yoke
of slavery, Hdt.7.8.γ́, A.Th.75 (pl.), 471, etc.; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ., S.Aj.944, E.Or.1330; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δικαίως εἶχονS.Ant.291; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ .. so as to prevent .., X.Cyr.3.1.27; ζυγῷ ζυγῆναιPl.R.508a; ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. τινάσPlb.4.82.2, cf. D.H.3.22; ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. ὑπαγαγεῖνD.C.Fr.36.10; ζυγὸν ὑποστῆναιD.H.10.20. II.
crossbar
of the φόρμιγξ, Il.9.187. 2.ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα συζυγίαGp.5.29.6. III. in pl.,
thwarts
or
benches joining
the opposite sides of a ship, Od.9.99, 13.21, Hdt.2.96: rarely in sg., θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόνS.Aj.249 (lyr.): metaph., of the seat of authority compared to the helmsman's seat, ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζ.E.Ion595; ἐπεὶ δ' ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς καθέζετ' ἀρχῆσId.Ph.74; σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορόσ; while on the
main thwart
sits authority, A.Ag.1618; also of a coachman's
seat, box,
PMasp.303.15 (vi A.D.). 2. in pl.,
panels
of a door, IG12.372.199,22.1457.14,1672.155; cf. ζευγίον. IV.