Ζυγάστροις

in yoke-boxes

Translated by David Whitehead17 May 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 44 words
Xenophon [writes]: "[Cyrus ordered] them to take charge of the other goods and put them in yoke-boxes and convey them on a wagon, so that when an opportunity arose they could each take the shares they deserved".1
For a yoke-box [is] a wooden coffin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζυγάστροις· Ξενοφῶν· τὰ δὲ ἄλλα χρήματα παραδεχομένους ἐς ζυγάστροις στήσαντας ἐφ' ἁμάξης κομίζειν, ἵνα ὅπη καιρὸς εἴη διαλαμβάνοιεν ἕκαστοι τὰ ἄξια. ζύγαστρον γὰρ ἡ ξυλίνη σορός.

Betacode
*zuga/strois: *cenofw=n: ta\ de\ a)/lla xrh/mata paradexome/nous e)s zuga/strois sth/santas e)f' a(ma/chs komi/zein, i(/na o(/ph kairo\s ei)/h dialamba/noien e(/kastoi ta\ a)/cia. zu/gastron ga\r h( culi/nh soro/s.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, dative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given
    For this (relatively rare) neuter noun, see also Sophocles, Trachiniae 692 (web address 1). For its etymology see Photius, Lexicon zeta51.
  2. 1An approximation (and abridgement) of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.3.1 (web address 2). ↩

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ζ175Ζωΰφιονtiny creature, insectζ176Ζυγάδηνjointly, paired, yoke-likeζ177Ζυγάστροιςin yoke-boxesζ178Ζύγαιναhammerhead shark, zygainaζ179Ζυγεῖνto be in line, to march in line
Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Apr 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded links — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note; typo and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. added links — Catharine Roth
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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