ζεῦγος, εος, τό,
(ζεύγνυμι)
I
1. yoke of beasts, pair or team of mules, oxen or horses, Il. 18.543, IG 5(2).3.1 (Arc., iv B.C.), etc.; ζ. ἵππων And. 4.26.
2. carriage drawn by a yoke of beasts, a chariot, ζεύγεϊ κομίζεσθαι Hdt. 1.31; ἐπὶ ζευγέων ἐλάσασαι ib. 199; ἐπὶ ζεύγους ἄγειν And. 1.45; τῷ ζεύγει ὃ ἦγεν τὴν γυναῖκα Hyp. Lyc. 5; wagons, ζεύγεσι τοὺς λίθους ἄγουσι SIG 124 (iv B.C.); βοεικά Th. 4.128; racing-car,= τέθριππον, Id. 5.50; ζ. τέθριππον A. Fr. 346; ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν Pl. Ap. 36d (but = συνωρίς, Plu. 2.146d); ζ. μίσθιον a hired chariot, Id. Ant. 6; λευκὸν ζ. with white horses, D. 21.158.
II
1. pair or couple of any things, ἰρήκων, αἰγυπιῶν, Hdt. 3.76; πεδέων ib. 130; Ἀτρειδᾶν A. Ag. 44 (anap.); ἐμβάδων Ar. Eq. 872, cf. Herod. 7.51; ἐνωτίων BGU 1050.9 (Aug.), etc.; κεράμου IG 12.313.23, al.; [ κεράμων ] SIG 245 G i36 (Delph., iv B.C.); θυρῶν IG 12.313.110; ταὧν Antiph. 205; καλλιπύγων Cerc. 14: abs., married couple, τὸ ζ., ὃ καλεῖται θῆλυ καὶ ἄρρεν X. Oec. 7.18; τὸ ἐρωτικὸν ζ. Luc. Am. 11; κατὰ ζεῦγος in pairs, Plu. 2.93d; ἐς ζεύγεα Luc. Syr.D. 12.
2. mouthpiece of a double flute, Thphr. HP 4.11.4, 6.
3. ζ. ἱματίων suit of clothes, BGU 814.9 (iii A.D.).
III incorrectly also of more than two things or persons joined together, ζ. τριπάρθενον three maiden sisters, of the Graces, E. Fr. 357; so ζ. τρίδουλον Ar. Fr. 576; ζ. νεκρῶν, where parents and children are spoken of, E. HF 454. = Lat. jugerum, Cod.Just. 10.27.2.8.
G2201 — ζεῦγος
ζευγεος (ζεύγους), τό (ζεύγνυμι to join, yoke),
1. two draught-cattle (horses or oxen or mules) yoked together, a pair or yoke of beasts: [Luk 14:19] (צֶמֶד, [1Ki 19:19], etc.; often in Greek Writ; from Homer, Iliad 18, 543 down).
2. universally, a pair: [Luk 2:24] (Herodotus 3, 130; Aeschylus Ag. 44; Xenophon, oec. 7, 18, and often in Greek writings).
ζεῦγος , - εος (- ους ), τό
( < ζεύγνυμι , to yoke),
[in LXX chiefly for H6776, [Jdg 19:3], al. ;]
1. a yoke of beasts: [Luk 14:19].
2. a pair of any-thing, [Luk 2:24] ( LXX ). †