ζυγόν

ζυγόν, τό, also ζυγός, ὁ, (in various senses), h.Cer. 217, Pl. Ti. 63b, Theoc. 30.29, LXXGe. 27.40, al., Plb. 4.82.2, Ev.Matt. 11.29, Jul. Or. 5.173a, etc.: rarely in pl., ζυγοί LXXPr. 11.1, Sch.Th. 1.29: Delph. δυγός (q.v.). I. yoke of a plough or carriage, ζ. ἵππειον Il. 5.799, 23.392; ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν ἵππους 5.731, cf. Od. 3.383; ἐπὶ ζυγὸν αὐχένι θεῖναι βουσί Hes. Op. 815, cf. 581; ὑπὸ ζυγόφιν (i.e. ζυγοῦ) λύον ἵππους Il. 24.576: prov., τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζ. ‘to be in the same boat’, Aristaenet. 2.7, Zen. 3.43; ταὔτʼ ἐμοὶ ζ. τρίβεις Herod. 6.12. 2. metaph., ἐπὶ ζυγὸς αὐχένι κεῖται h.Cer. 217; ἐχθροῖσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα θήσω Thgn. 1023; ἐπαυχένιον λαβεῖν ζ. Pi. P. 2.93; δούλιον ζ. the yoke of slavery, Hdt. 7.8.γʹ, A. Th. 75 (pl.), 471, etc.; δουλείας, ἀνάγκης ζ., S. Aj. 944, E. Or. 1330; ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον δικαίως εἶχον S. Ant. 291; ἐπιτιθέναι τινὶ ζυγὰ τοῦ μὴ . . so as to prevent . . , X. Cyr. 3.1.27; ζυγῷ ζυγῆναι Pl. R. 508a; ἄγειν ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. τινάς Plb. 4.82.2, cf. D.H. 3.22; ὑπὸ τὸν ζ. ὑπαγαγεῖν D.C. Fr. 36.10; ζυγὸν ὑποστῆναι D.H. 10.20. II. crossbar of the φόρμιγξ, Il. 9.187. 2. ζυγὸς ἡ τῆς ἀμπέλου πρὸς τὴν χάρακα συζυγία Gp. 5.29.6. III. in pl., thwarts or benches joining the opposite sides of a ship, Od. 9.99, 13.21, Hdt. 2.96: rarely in sg., θοὸν εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S. Aj. 249 (lyr.): metaph., of the seat of authority compared to the helmsmanʼs seat, ἐς τὸ πρῶτον πόλεος ζ. E. Ion 595; ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐπὶ ζυγοῖς καθέζετʼ ἀρχῆς Id. Ph. 74; σὺ ταῦτα φωνεῖς νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, κρατούντων τῶν ἐπὶ ζυγῷ δορός; while on the main thwart sits authority, A. Ag. 1618; also of a coachmanʼs seat, box, PMasp. 303.15 (vi A.D.). 2. in pl., panels of a door, IG 12.372.199,22.1457.14,1672.155; cf. ζευγίον. IV. beam of the balance, ζυγὸν ταλάντου A. Supp. 822 (lyr.), cf. Arist. Mech. 850a4: hence, the balance itself (cf. πῆχυς IV), αἴρειν τὸν ζυγόν Pl. Ti. 63b; ἐν πλάστιγγι ζυγοῦ κεῖσθαι Id. R. 55oe; ζυγῷ or ἐν τῷ ζ. ἱστάναι, Lys. 10.18, Pl. Prt. 356b; ζυγὸν ἱστάναι D. Prooem. 55: in pl., Id. 25.46, SIG 975.39 (Delos, iii B.C.): prov., ζ. μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν Pythag. ap. D.L. 8.18. b. the constellation Libra, Hipparch. 3.1.5, Ph. 1.28, Man. 2.137, etc.; ζ. Ἀφροδίτης Porph. Antr. 22. V. καρχασίου the yard-arm at the mast head, Pi. N. 5.51, cf. Ach.Tat. 5.16. VI. cross-strap of a sandal, Ar. Lys. 417, Poll. 7.81; ζυγός, ὁ, Phot. VII. pair, κλεινὸν ζυγόν, of persons, E. Hel. 392; κατὰ ζυγά in pairs, Arist. HA 544a5, Theoc. 13.32. VIII. rank or line of soldiers, opp. file (στοῖχος) , ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ζ. ἐμάχοντο τέσσαρες Th. 5.68; ὁ ζυγός Polyaen. 4.4.3 (τὰ ζυγά 2.10.4); κατὰ ζυγόν line with line, Plb. 1.45.9; κατʼ ἄνδρα καὶ ζ. Id. 3.81.2; esp. front rank, Ael. Tact. 7.1, Arr. Tact. 8.1; also of the Chorus, Poll. 4.108. IX. ζυγὰ ἢ ἄζυγα even or odd, a game, Sch.Ar. Pl. 817. X. measure of land, SIG 963.13 (Amorgos, iv B.C.).