A.“ζεύγνυ_σι” A.Pers.191, (ὑπο-) Pl.Plt.309a; 2pl. imper. “ζεύγνυ^τε” E.Rh.33 (lyr.); inf. -ύναι (μετα-) X.Cyr.6.3.21, Ep. “ζευγνῦμεν” Il.16.145; part. “ζευγνύς” Hdt.1.206, 4.89; impf. 3pl. “ἐζεύγνυ^σαν” Id.7.33, Ep. “ζεύγν-” Il.24.783: also ζευγνύω Hdt.1.205, Plb.5.52.4, etc.: impf. “ἐζεύγνυον” Hdt.4.89 (Ep. ζεύγν- v.l. Il.19.393): fut. “ζεύξω” Pi.I.1.6, etc.: aor. 1 “ἔζευξα” Od.3.478, etc.: late pf. ἔζευχα (ἐπ-) Philostr.VA2.14:—Med., Ep. impf. 3dual “ζευγνύσθην” Il.24.281, 3pl. “ἐζεύγνυντο” Od.3.492: fut. “ζεύξομαι” E.Hec.469(lyr.), etc.: aor. 1 “ἐζευξάμην” Hdt.3.102, E.Ion901 (lyr.):—Pass., fut. ζευχθήσομαι (δια-) Gal.9.938: aor.1 “ἐζεύχθην” Pi.O.3.6, Hdt.7.6, A.Ag.842, Pl.Plt.302e: more commonly aor. 2 ἐζύγην [υ^] Pi.N.7.6, E.Supp.822 (lyr.), (συ-) Pl.R.546c: pf. “ἔζευγμαι” Il.18.276: plpf. “ἔζευκτο” Hdt.4.85.—Usu. in aor. Act. in Hom.: the simple Verb is rare in Att. Prose:—yoke, put to, “ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφιν ἵππους” Il.23.130; “ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν ἵππους” 24.14; ὑπ᾽ ἀμάξῃσιν βόας ἡμιόνους τε ib.783; “κἄζευξα πρῶτος ἐν ζυγοῖσι κνώδαλα” A.Pr.462:—Med. (esp. in Od.), ἵππους ζεύγνυσθαι put to one's horses, Od.3.492, al.: abs., “ζευγνύσθην” Il.24.281; “ζεύξομαι ἆρα πώλους” E.Hec. 469(lyr.); “καμήλους” Hdt.3.102; of riding horses, harness, saddle and bridle, “ζεῦξαι Πάγασον” Pi.O.13.64, cf.Ar.Pax128, 135; of chariots, put to, get ready, ζ. ἅρμα, ὄχους, Pi.P.10.65, E.Andr.1020(lyr.):—Med., “τέθριππα” Id.Alc.428.
2. bind fast, “ἀσκοὺς δεσμοῖς” X.An.3.5.10: —Pass., φάρη . . ἐζευγμέναι πόρπαισιν having them fastened . . , E.El. 317.
3. metaph., πότμῳ ζυγείς in the yoke of fate, Pi.N.7.6; “ζυγεὶς ἐν ἅρμασι πημάτων” A.Ch.795(lyr.); “ἀνάγκῃ ζυγείς” S.Ph.1025; ζεύχθη was tamed, Id.Ant.955 (lyr.); “θεσφάτοις . . ζυγείς” E.Supp.220; ὁρκίοισι ζ. Id.Med.735; “μοναρχία ζευχθεῖσα ἐν γράμμασιν ἀγαθοῖς” Pl.Plt.302e: —Med., “τόνδ᾽ ἐν ὅρκοις ζεύξομαι” E.Supp.1229.
II. join together, σανίδες . . μακραὶ ἐΰξεστοι ἐζευγμέναι well-joined, Il.18.276 (elsewh. in Hom. only in signf. 1); ζεῦξαι ὀδόντας, in setting a fractured jaw, Hp.Art. 32; τὼ πόδε ζευγνύντες, of sculptors who made their statues with joined feet, Hld.3.13.
2. join in wedlock, ἐπειδὰν εὐφρόνη ζεύξῃ μία yokes her in wedlock, S.Fr.583.11; of the parents or authors of the marriage, τίς ταύτην ἔζευξε; E.IA698; “ζ. τὴν θυγατέρα τινί” App. BC2.14, cf. Ath.12.554d:—in Med., of the husband, wed, “ἄκοιτιν ζεύξασθαι” E.Alc.994(lyr.); “παρθένειον ἐζεύξω λέχος” Id.Tr.676 (so in Act., γάμοις ἔζευξ᾽ Ἀδράστου παῖδα I married his daughter, Id.Ph. 1366; “ὁ Σεμέλην ζεύξας γάμοις” Id.Ba.468):—Pass., to be married, ἐζευγμένη, opp. κόρη, S.Tr.536; γάμοις ζευχθῆναι or ζυγῆναι, Id.OT 826, E.IA907, etc.; “ἐν γάμοις” Id.El.99; “ἐς ἀνδρὸς εὐνάν” Id.Supp.822 (lyr.): metaph., “ζ. μέλος ἔργμασι” Pi.N.1.7, cf.I.1.6.
3. join opposite banks by bridges, “ποταμὸν ζεῦξαι” Hdt.1.206; “τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον” Id.7.33, Lys.2.29; “μηχαναῖς ἔζευξεν Ἕλλης πορθμόν” A.Pers.722 (troch.):—also in Med., “ζεύγνυσθαι τὸν Βόσπορον” Hdt.4.83 (v.l. -νύναι):—Pass., Id.7.6, 34; “διῶρυξ ἐζευγμένη πλοίοις” X.An.1.2.5; but also,
4. furnish ships with cross-benches (“ζυγόν” 111), Hes.Fr.76.6; but ζεύξαντες τὰς παλαιὰς [ναῦς] ὥστε πλωΐμους εἶναι having strengthened them with thwarts, Th.1.29, cf. Sch. ad loc.
5. pair or match gladiators, Arr.Epict.1.29.37.
6. join issue at law, in Pass., [“δίκαι] ὑπέρ τινος ἐζευγμέναι” SIG742.44 (Ephesus, i B.C.). (Cf. Skt. yunákti, pl. yuñjánti 'yoke', Lat. jungo, jugum.)