ζύγωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζῠγόω (zugóō, “to yoke or join together”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡɔː.ma/ → /ˈzy.ɣo.ma/ → /ˈzi.ɣo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdý.ɡɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɡo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɣo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɣo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ɣo.ma/

Noun

ζῠ́γωμᾰ • (zúgōma) n (genitive ζῠγώμᾰτος); third declension

1. bolt, bar
   1. (engineering) cross rod
2. Synonym of ζῠγόν (zugón).
3. (anatomy) cheekbone, zygomatic bone
4. (navigation) canal lock

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζῠ́γωμᾰ; τοῦ ζῠγώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῠ́γωμᾰ tò zúgōma	τὼ ζῠγώμᾰτε tṑ zugṓmate	τᾰ̀ ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ tà zugṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ζῠγώμᾰτος toû zugṓmatos	τοῖν ζῠγωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zugōmátoin	τῶν ζῠγωμᾰ́των tôn zugōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ζῠγώμᾰτῐ tôi zugṓmati	τοῖν ζῠγωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zugōmátoin	τοῖς ζῠγώμᾰσῐ / ζῠγώμᾰσῐν toîs zugṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζῠ́γωμᾰ tò zúgōma	τὼ ζῠγώμᾰτε tṑ zugṓmate	τᾰ̀ ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ tà zugṓmata
Vocative	ζῠ́γωμᾰ zúgōma	ζῠγώμᾰτε zugṓmate	ζῠγώμᾰτᾰ zugṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐζῠ́γωμᾰ (epizúgōma)

Descendants

ζῠ́γωμᾰ

• → English: zygoma
• ⇒ New Latin: zygōmaticus
  • → English: zygomaticus

References

• “ζύγωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press