Gr. Antiq. [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.
1888. Woodgate, Boating (Badm. Libr.), i. 17. In the bireme the zygite, as he sat on his bench, had behind him and below him his thalamite.
