ὑποζύγιον

hypozygion

beast for the yoke, beast of draught

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book VIII 3
Chapter 8 595b22–596a2

595b24

Chapter 24 604a22–605a15

604b20
604b28
On Colours 1
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Chapter 6 797a33–799b20

798a17
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1237b16
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1180a12
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

359a18
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 117 841b9–14

841b12
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑποζύγιον [ζῠ], τό, A. beast for the yoke, beast of draught or burden, Thgn. 126, Hdt. 9.39, Pl. Lg. 873e, etc.: pl., Hdt. 1.167, 3.25, 9.24,39, 41, etc.; ὑποζύγια καλούμενα πάντα ὁμοίως, βοῦς, ἡμιόνους, ἵππους X. Oec. 18.4: as Adj., ὑποζύγιαι ἡμίονοι Ar.Byz. ap. Eust. 1625.41; ὑ. ζῷα PMasp. 2 ii 3 (vi A. D.). II. later specifically an ass, LXX Za. 9.9, Ev.Matt. 21.5, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.16; ἡμίονοι καὶ ὑποζύγια PCair.Zen. 158, (iii B. C.); βοῦς ἢ ὑ. ἢ πρόβατον PPetr. 3p.56 (iii B. C.); οὖρον οἷον ὑποζυγίου Hp. Aph. 4.70.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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