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zygite Gr. Antiq.|ˈzaɪdʒaɪt|
[ad. Gr. ζυγίτης, f. ζυγόν: see zygon 2 and -ite1.]
In the ancient bireme or trireme, a rower of the upper or the middle tier: cf. thalamite, thranite.
1888Woodgate Boating (Badm. Libr.) i. 17 In the bireme the zygite, as he sat on his bench, had behind him and below him his thalamite. |