- ζεῦγος
- ζεῦγος, ους, τό① a team of two draft animals joined by a common frame, yoke, team, ζεῦγος βοῶν (Hom. et al.; Diod S 14, 18, 5; Arrian, Anab. 2, 3, 2; PPetr III, 31, 5 [240 B.C.]; 3 Km 19:21; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12; TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 14 [Stone p. 4]; TestJob 10:5 al.; cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 353; 12, 192) Lk 14:19. Unless the author intends to emphasize that the ten oxen (ζεύγη πέντε) were being sold as well-trained working animals, the term can also have the more general mng. 2 (in both senses it is a loanw. in rabb.).② pair (Aeschyl., Ag. 44; Hdt. 3, 130; X., Oec. 7, 18; OGI 533, 6; 47; POxy 267, 6 [36 A.D.] ἐνωτίων ζ.; BGU 22, 31 [114 A.D.] ζ. ψελλίων) ζ. τρυγόνων a pair of turtle doves Lk 2:24 (Lev 5:11. Of doves also Sb 7814, 21; 24 [256 A.D.]).—DELG s.v. ζεύγνυμι II; Frisk s.v. ζεῦγος. M-M. TW.
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