δύο + ἄγω

Validation

Yes

Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

ζυγόν

Transliteration (Word)

zugon

Etymon-lemma

LSJ-1 .
LSJ-2

Transliteration (Etymon)

duo + agō

Author

Plato

Century

4 BC

Source

Id.

Ref.

Crat. 418d8-13

Ed.

Burnet, Platonis Opera, Oxford UP, 1903

Quotation

Καὶ τό γε «ζυγὸν» οἶσθα ὅτι «δυογὸν» οἱ παλαιοὶ ἐκάλουν...Καὶ τὸ μέν γε ζυγόν οὐδὲ δηλοῖ, τὸ δὲ τοῖν δυοῖν ἕνεκα τῆς δέσεως ἐς τὴν ἀγωγὴν ἐπωνόμασται δυογὸν δικαίως.

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