[Louis Foxwell]

For further erudition:

from: http://www.balashon.com/2007/05/zug.html

zug Reader David H. asked about the Hebrew word zug זוג, and its connection to the English words "yoke - conjugal - zeugma" (I have to admit I hadn't heard of the last one, but it has its own Wikipedia entry.) Well, there certainly is a connection. The Hebrew word meaning "pair, couple" derives from the Greek: zygon - "pair", zeugos - "a team (of oxen)". The Greek, in turn, derives from the Indo-European root *yeug, meaning "to join", from where we get all sorts of words: yoke conjugal - as well as the related jugular zeugma and zygote yoga (meaning "union") and from the related root *yu-n-g: join, joint, junction, junta, adjust, joust

[Mad Dawg]

And subjugate, which my 9th grade Latin teacher, Mr. Daley, may he rest in peace, said was an actual ceremony of making defeated armies pass under a yoke.

I learned about Zeugma and other classic and persistent figures from Mr. Daley. Then I recognized Zeugma in this line from the comic song, Madeira, M'Dear, by Flanders and Swann:

She made no reply, up her mind, and a dash for the door.

It is always interesting to find Indoeuropean descendants in Semitic languages