zygia

See also: Zygia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζύγιος (zúgios, “fit for a yoke”), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.ɡi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ʏɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zi.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈd̪͡z̪iːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

zygia f (genitive zygiae); first declension

1. a hornbeam
2. a marriage or nuptial flute

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	zygia	zygiae
genitive	zygiae	zygiārum
dative	zygiae	zygiīs
accusative	zygiam	zygiās
ablative	zygiā	zygiīs
vocative	zygia	zygiae

Related terms

• zygius

Descendants

• Translingual (generic name): Zygia

References

• “zygia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zygia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “zygia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray