ὑποζύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) +‎ ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.poz.dý.ɡi.on/ → /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/ → /i.poˈzi.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.poz.dý.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.poˈzy.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈzy.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈzi.ʝi.on/

Noun

ὑποζῠ́γῐον • (hupozŭ́gĭon) n (genitive ὑποζῠγῐ́ου); second declension

1. beast of burden, draught animal
2. (later specifically) donkey, ass

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον; τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozŭ́gĭon	τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozŭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tằ hupozŭ́gĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποζῠγῐ́ου toû hupozŭgĭ́ou	τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozŭgĭ́oin	τῶν ὑποζῠγῐ́ων tôn hupozŭgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὑποζῠγῐ́ῳ tôi hupozŭgĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὑποζῠγῐ́οιν toîn hupozŭgĭ́oin	τοῖς ὑποζῠγῐ́οις toîs hupozŭgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὑποζῠ́γῐον tò hupozŭ́gĭon	τὼ ὑποζῠγῐ́ω tṑ hupozŭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ tằ hupozŭ́gĭă
Vocative	ὑποζῠ́γῐον hupozŭ́gĭon	ὑποζῠγῐ́ω hupozŭgĭ́ō	ὑποζῠ́γῐᾰ hupozŭ́gĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: υποζύγιο (ypozýgio)

Further reading

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