ζύγαστρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σίγιστρον (sígistron)

Etymology

From ζυγόω (zugóō, “to yoke, join together”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡas.tron/ → /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/ → /ˈzi.ɣas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡas.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɡas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɣas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ɣas.tron/

Noun

ζῠ́γᾰστρον • (zúgastron) n (genitive ζῠγᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. chest, box
2. (in the plural) fastenings

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον; τοῦ ζῠγᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zúgastron	τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zugástrō	τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tà zúgastra
Genitive	τοῦ ζῠγᾰ́στρου toû zugástrou	τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zugástroin	τῶν ζῠγᾰ́στρων tôn zugástrōn
Dative	τῷ ζῠγᾰ́στρῳ tôi zugástrōi	τοῖν ζῠγᾰ́στροιν toîn zugástroin	τοῖς ζῠγᾰ́στροις toîs zugástrois
Accusative	τὸ ζῠ́γᾰστρον tò zúgastron	τὼ ζῠγᾰ́στρω tṑ zugástrō	τᾰ̀ ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ tà zúgastra
Vocative	ζῠ́γᾰστρον zúgastron	ζῠγᾰ́στρω zugástrō	ζῠ́γᾰστρᾰ zúgastra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ζυγάστριον (zugástrion)

Further reading

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