ζύγαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡai̯.na/ → /ˈzy.ʝɛ.na/ → /ˈzi.ʝe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɡɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ʝɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ʝe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ʝe.na/

Noun

ζῠ́γαινᾰ • (zŭ́gaină) f (genitive ζῠγαίνης); first declension

1. hammerhead shark

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζῠ́γαινᾰ; τῆς ζῠγαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζῠ́γαινᾰ hē zŭ́gaină	τὼ ζῠγαίνᾱ tṑ zŭgaínā	αἱ ζῠ́γαιναι hai zŭ́gainai
Genitive	τῆς ζῠγαίνης tês zŭgaínēs	τοῖν ζῠγαίναιν toîn zŭgaínain	τῶν ζῠγαινῶν tôn zŭgainôn
Dative	τῇ ζῠγαίνῃ têi zŭgaínēi	τοῖν ζῠγαίναιν toîn zŭgaínain	ταῖς ζῠγαίναις taîs zŭgaínais
Accusative	τὴν ζῠ́γαινᾰν tḕn zŭ́gainăn	τὼ ζῠγαίνᾱ tṑ zŭgaínā	τᾱ̀ς ζῠγαίνᾱς tā̀s zŭgaínās
Vocative	ζῠ́γαινᾰ zŭ́gaină	ζῠγαίνᾱ zŭgaínā	ζῠ́γαιναι zŭ́gainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ζύγαινα (zýgaina)
• → Translingual: Zygaena
• → Old Georgian: [Term?]
  • Georgian: ზვიგენი (zvigeni)
    • → Bats: ზვიგე^ნ (zvigeⁿ)
    • → Mingrelian: ზვიგენი (zvigeni)
    • → Svan: ზუ̂იგენ (zûigen)
• → Latin: zygaena
• → Old Armenian: զիգն (zign)

Further reading

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