ζυγόν (ζεύγνυ_μι), gen. ζυγόφιν: (1)
yoke or cross-bar by means of which beasts of draught
were attached to whatever was to be drawn. (See adjacent cut, combined
from several antique representations.) a, ὀμφαλός; b, ξυγόδεσμον; c, κρίκος; d, ζεῦγλαι; e, straps to fasten the ζεῦγλαι; f, λέπαδνα; g and h, οἴηκες, points of attachment for the collars,
and rings through which the reins pass; i, ζυγόν; k, projections to hold,
e. g., the reins of the παρήορος ἵππος.
(Cf. also the Assyrian yoke on the chariot on board a ship,
represented in the adjoining cut.)—(2)
cross-bar of a lyre (see φόρμιγξ), to which the strings were attached, Il. 9.187.—(3) pl., ζυγά, rowers' benches, thwarts
of a ship (see cut No. 32, under ἔδαφος).