σύζυγος

Ancient Greek

From συν- (sun-, “together”) +‎ ζυγός (zugós, “yoke, pair”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”).

σύζῠγος • (súzŭgos) m or f (neuter σύζῠγον); second declension

yoked together, paired
(nominalized, feminine) wife
(nominalized, masculine) yokefellow, comrade
For quotations using this term, see Citations:σύζυγος.

Second declension of σῠ́ζῠγος; σῠ́ζῠγον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σῠ́ζῠγος sŭ́zŭgos		σῠ́ζῠγον sŭ́zŭgon	σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō		σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō	σῠ́ζῠγοι sŭ́zŭgoi		σῠ́ζῠγᾰ sŭ́zŭgă
Genitive	σῠζῠ́γου sŭzŭ́gou		σῠζῠ́γου sŭzŭ́gou	σῠζῠ́γοιν sŭzŭ́goin		σῠζῠ́γοιν sŭzŭ́goin	σῠζῠ́γων sŭzŭ́gōn		σῠζῠ́γων sŭzŭ́gōn
Dative	σῠζῠ́γῳ sŭzŭ́gōi		σῠζῠ́γῳ sŭzŭ́gōi	σῠζῠ́γοιν sŭzŭ́goin		σῠζῠ́γοιν sŭzŭ́goin	σῠζῠ́γοις sŭzŭ́gois		σῠζῠ́γοις sŭzŭ́gois
Accusative	σῠ́ζῠγον sŭ́zŭgon		σῠ́ζῠγον sŭ́zŭgon	σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō		σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō	σῠζῠ́γους sŭzŭ́gous		σῠ́ζῠγᾰ sŭ́zŭgă
Vocative	σῠ́ζῠγε sŭ́zŭge		σῠ́ζῠγον sŭ́zŭgon	σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō		σῠζῠ́γω sŭzŭ́gō	σῠ́ζῠγοι sŭ́zŭgoi		σῠ́ζῠγᾰ sŭ́zŭgă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σῠζῠ́γως sŭzŭ́gōs			σῠζῠγώτερος sŭzŭgṓteros			σῠζῠγώτᾰτος sŭzŭgṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Inherited from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “mate, yoked together”), from συ(ν) (su(n), “together”) +‎ ζυγός (zugós, “yoke, pair”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”). Cognate with English syzygy, itself a borrowing from the related συζυγία (suzugía, “union, junction”).

σύζυγος • (sýzygos) m or f (plural σύζυγοι)