Lexicon / G7599
ζεύγνυμι
zeugnumi
  • harness

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Glosses: harness

1. to yoke, put to , ἵππους (Homer), etc.; ζ. ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματα, ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν, ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφιν, ὑπ᾽ ἀμάξηισιν (Iliad by Homer);—;(so in Mid. ἵππους ζεύγνυσθαι to put to one's horses, (Homer));—;also of riding horses, to harness, saddle and bridle , ζεῦξαι Πάγασον (Pindar):—;of chariots, to put to, get ready , (Homer)

2. to bind, bind fast , (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass. φάρη ἐζευγμέναι having them fastened , (Euripides)

3. metaphorically, πότμωι ζυγείς in the yoke of fate, (Pindar); ἀνάγκηι, ὁρκίοις ζυγείς (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. to join together , σανίδες ἐζευγμέναι well-joined , (Iliad by Homer)

5. to join in wedlock , (Euripides):—;in Mid. of the husband, to wed , (Euripides):—;Pass. to be married , (Sophocles Tragicus)

6. to join opposite banks by bridges , τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ζεῦξαι (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—;also, γέφυραν ζεῦξαι to form a bridge, (Herdotus Historicus)

7. to undergird ships with ropes , (Thucydides) (ML)