Ζυγομαχεῖ

battles the yoke

Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning he/she/it] is contentious, like yoked oxen. The term has been coined from the fighting of oxen with each other. For they, when they are tired as they pull, often push the weight against each other. Hyperides has used [the word].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζυγομαχεῖ· στασιάζει, ὡς οἱ βόες ἐζευγμένοι. μετῆκται ἡ λέξις ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν βοῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους μάχης. ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ πολλάκις ὅταν ἕλκωσι κάμνοντες, ἐπερείδουσι τὸ βάρος πρὸς ἀλλήλους. κέχρηται Ὑπερίδης.

Betacode

*zugomaxei=: stasia/zei, w(s oi( bo/es e)zeugme/noi. meth=ktai h( le/cis a)po\ th=s tw=n bow=n pro\s a)llh/lous ma/xhs. e)kei=noi ga\r polla/kis o(/tan e(/lkwsi ka/mnontes, e)perei/dousi to\ ba/ros pro\s a)llh/lous. ke/xrhtai *(uperi/dhs.

Notes (1)

Same or similar material in other lexica. See also zeta 186 (and under delta 1145).
1Hyperides fr. 245 Jensen. ↩

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ζ186Ζυγομαχεῖνto battle the yoke[sc. The term comes] from those selling at a station and being at variance towards those buying. But others [sc. derive it] from the beasts of burden or oxen or horses or suchlike not working harmoniously. Hesiod…

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ζ183Ζύγιοι ἵπποιyoked horses ζ184Ζυγόδεσμοςyoke-band, yoke-thong ζ185Ζυγομαχεῖbattles the yoke ζ186Ζυγομαχεῖνto battle the yoke ζ187Ζυγόςyoke, rank, crossbar, bench, balance, cross-strap, the constellation of Libra

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21 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
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20 May 2005Translated — David Whitehead

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