σύζυγος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Noun
[edit]σύζυγος • (sýzygos) m or f (plural σύζυγοι)
- yokefellow (close companion, co-worker, or mate)
- spouse (husband or wife)
- (in the plural) couple (husband and wife)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σύζυγος (sýzygos) | σύζυγοι (sýzygoi) |
| genitive | συζύγου (syzýgou) | συζύγων (syzýgon) |
| accusative | σύζυγο (sýzygo) | συζύγους (syzýgous) |
| vocative | σύζυγε (sýzyge) | σύζυγοι (sýzygoi) |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- άνδρας m (ándras, “husband, man”)
- γυναίκα f (gynaíka, “wife, woman”)
- ζευγάρι n (zevgári, “couple”)
- παντρεμένη f (pantreméni, “married”)
- παντρεμένος m (pantreménos, “married”)
- συντρόφισσα f (syntrófissa, “partner, comrade”)
- σύντροφος m or f (sýntrofos, “partner, comrade”)
- ταίρι n (taíri, “partner”)
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek nouns of mixed gender
- Greek masculine nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns with multiple genders
- Greek nouns declining like 'άνθρωπος'
- el:Family
- el:Marriage