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ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem /neut dat sgἰσομεγέθεϊ, ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: dat sg (epic) -
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ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric) -
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ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem acc pl (attic epic doric)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem nom /voc pl (doric aeolic)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem nom sg -
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ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem acc pl (attic epic doric)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem nom /voc pl (doric aeolic)ἰσομεγέθηςequal in size: masc /fem nom sg -
7 ἴσος
ἴσος, η, ον, [dialect] Ep. [full] ἶσος and [full] ἔϊσος (v. infr.); Cret., Arc. [full] ϝίσϝος GDI 4998ii2, 4982.2, Schwyzer665, cf. γισγόν· ἴσον, Hsch.; later [full] ἵσος Schwyzer 708a (1) (Ephesus, iv B.C.), Tab.Heracl.1.175, etc.:—A equal in size, strength, or number, c. dat.,κύματα ἶσα ὄρεσσιν Od.3.290
, etc.; freq. of appearance, like,ἶσος ἀναύδῳ 10.378
;ἶσος Ἄρευι Sapph.91
(dub.); ἴσος θεοῖσιν Ead.2.1: freq.abs.,ἴσην.. βίην καὶ κῦδος Il.7.205
; ἶσον θυμὸν ἔχειν to be of like mind, 13.704, 17.720: neut. as Adv.,ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα 15.50
; , cf. 21.315, etc.; ἴσος τινὶ τὸ μέγαθος, ὕψος, Hdt.2.32, 124; τὸ μῆκος, τὸ πλάτος, X.An. 5.4.32; ; ἴσα τὸν ἀ. Pl.R. 441c; ποτὴν ἴσον equal in flight of song, Alex.Aet.5.5; ἴσον, τό, copy of a document, PLond. 3.1222.5 (ii A.D.), etc.: with dat. pers. in place of an object of comparison, οὐ μὲν σοί ποτε ἶσον ἔχω γέρας (i.e. τῷ σῷ γέραϊ) Il.1.163; τοῖσδ' ἴσας ναῦς (i.e. ταῖς τῶνδε) E.IA 262(lyr.); : folld. by a relative word, ἐμοὶ ἴσον.., ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν the same to me as to you, Ar.Ec. 173;τὰ ἐκεῖ ἴσα, ὥσπερ τὰ ἐνθάδε Lys.19.36
codd. (fort. σᾶ) ; τὰ ἴσα ὅσαπερ.. Lex ap.D.23.44;ἴσον.. ὅπερ Pl.Erx. 405b
.2 repeated to denote equal relations, ἴσα πρὸς ἴσα tit for tat, Hdt.1.2;ταχθέντες ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους S. Ant. 142
(anap.);ἴσους ἴσοισι.. ἀντιθείς E.Ph. 750
;ἴσα ἀντὶ ἴσων λαμβάνειν, ἐκδοῦναι Pl.Lg. 774c
; ἴσος ἴσῳ (sc. οἶνος ὕδατι) Cratin.184, Com.Adesp.107, etc.; κύλικος ἴσον ἴσῳ κεκραμένης (where ἴσον is adverbial) Ar.Pl. 1132;διδόναι γάλα καὶ οἶνον πίνειν ἴσον ἴσῳ Hp. Epid.2.5.1
: metaph., 'fairly blended',μηδὲν ἴσον ἴσῳ φέρων Ar.Ach. 354
.3 of persons, equal in rights,βούλεται ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἴσων εἶναι καὶ ὁμοίων Arist.Pol. 1295b25
; ἡ πολιτικὴ ἐλευθέρων καὶ ἴσων ἀρχή ib. 1255b20; τὸ κατ' ἀξίαν ἴ. ib. 1307a26, al.II equally divided or distributed,ἴση μοῖρα Il.9.318
; ἴση alone, one's equal share,μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης Od.9.42
( ἴσσης cj. Fick, cf. ἴσσασθαι); τὴν ἴ. ἔχων Cratin.250
; οὐ μὴν ἴ. ἔτεισεν (sc. τίσιν) S.OT 810; ἄχρι τῆς ἴ. up to the point of equality, D.5.17: neut.,μὴ ἴσον νεῖμαι ἑκατέρῳ Pl.Prt. 337a
;οὐ μόνον ἴσον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πλέον ἔχειν Isoc.17.57
; οὐκ ἀνέξῃ δωμάτων ἔχων ἴσον καὶ τῷδε νεῖμαι; E.Ph. 547; τὰ ἴσα fair measure,τὰ ἴ. νέμειν Hdt. 6.11
; μὴ ἴσων ἕκαστον τυγχάνειν ἀλλὰ πλεονεκτεῖν, X.Cyr.2.2.20; προστυχεῖν τῶν ἴ. to obtain fair terms, S.Ph. 552; κἂν ἴσαι (sc. ψῆφοι) γένωνται equally divided, Ar.Ra. 685.2 based on equality of rights,ἴ. καὶ ἔννομος πολιτ εία Aeschin.1.5
; ; τὰ ἴ. equal rights, equality, freq. joined with τὰ ὅμοια orτὰ δίκαια, ὡς τῆς πολιτείας ἐσομένης ἐν τοῖς ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίοις X.HG7.1.45
;τῶν ἴ. καὶ τῶν δικαίων ἕκαστος ἡγεῖται ἑαυτῷ μετεῖναι ἐν τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ D.21.67
; οὐ μέτεστι τῶν ἴ. οὐδὲ τῶν ὁμοίων πρὸς τοὺς πλουσίους τοῖς λοιποῖς ib.112; τῶν ἴ. μετεῖχε τοῖς ἄλλοις ib.96; also ἡ ἴ. καὶ ὁμοία (sc. δίκη), τῆς ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίας μετέχειν Th.4.105
; ἐπ' ἴ. τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ on fair and equal terms, Hdt.9.7, ά, cf. Th.1.145; ἐπὶ τῇ ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίᾳ ib.27, cf. SIG312.27 (Samos, iv B.C.), OGI229.44 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: generally, just, fair, ἐκ ποίας ἴ. καὶ δικαίας προφάς εως; D.18.284.3 of persons, fair, impartial, S.Ph. 684(lyr.), OT 677;ἴ. δικαστής Pl.Lg. 957c
;ἴ. καὶ κοινοὶ ἀκροαταί D.29.1
, cf. 18.7;ἴ. καὶ κοινὸν δικαστήριον Id.7.36
;κοινοὺς μὲν.., ἴ. δὲ μή Pl.Prt. 337a
;ἴ. ἴσθι κρινων Men.Mon. 266
, cf. 257;κριταὶ ἴ. καὶ δίκαιοι Plb.24.15.3
, etc.4 adequate,ἡ ἴ. φρουρά Th.7.27
(expld. by Sch. as regular, τεταγμένη) ; ἴσος τοῖςπαροῦσι Id.1.132
.III of ground, even, flat, εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταβαίνειν, of an army, X.An.4.6.18 (but ἐν ἴσῳ προσιέναι to advance with even step, ib.1.8.11); λέουσιν εἰς τὸ ἴ. καθιστάμενοι μάχεσθαι, opp. μετὰ πλεονεξίας ἀγωνίζεσθαι, on even terms, Id.Cyr.1.6.28; ἴ. τοῖχος, opp. κεκλικώς, perpendicular, Phlp.in APo.2.27.IV Adv. ἴσως (v. sub voc.): but also,1 neut. sg. and pl. from Hom. downwds. (v. sub init.), ἶσον.. ἀπήχθετο κηρὶ μελαίνῃ even as Death, Il.3.454; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίυε be king like me, 9.616; ἶσον γάρ σε θεῷ τίσουσιν Ἀχαιοί ib. 603;ἶσον ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ 18.82
;τὸν.. ἶσα θεῷ.. εἰσορόωσιν Od.15.520
;ἶσα φίλοισι τέκεσσι Il.5.71
, cf. 13.176, Od.1.432, 11.304, etc.: later abs., alike, ; : c. dat.,ἴσον ναοῖς θεῶν E.Hel. 801
; ἴσον ἄπεσμεν τῷ πρίν equally as before, Id.Hipp. 302 (v.l. τῶν πρίν); ἴσα τοῖς πάνυ D.C.Fr.70.6
; ἴσα καί.. like as, as if, S.OT 1187(lyr.), E.El. 994 (anap.), Th.3.14; ; ὥσπερ .. S.El. 532;ὥστε.. E.Or. 882
;ἅτε.. Id.HF 667
(lyr.);ὅσονπερ.. D.15.1
.2 with Preps.: ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης equally, Th.1.15;ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς ἴ. ἐχθρός Id.3.40
;ἀπ' ἴσης εἶναι D.14.6
; (Teos, iii B.C.);δι' ἴσου D.C.43.37
; at equal distance, Pl.R. 617b: also in Math., ex aequali, of proportions, Euc.5 Def.17, al.; δι' ἴ. ἐν τεταραγμένῃ ἀναλογίᾳ ex aequali in disturbed proportion, Archim. Sph.Cyl.2.4,al., Papp.932.11; ἐν ἴσῳ equally, Th.2.53, 4.65; ἐν ἴσῳ ἐστί it matters not, E.IA 1199;ἐν ἴσῳ [ἐστὶ] καὶ εἰ.. Th.2.60
;ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ εἶναι Id.4.10
; : more freq.ἐξ ἴσου Hdt.7.135
, S.OT 563, etc.;ἐξ ἴ. τινί Id.Ant. 516
, 644, Antipho 5.1, Pl.Grg. 517a; evenly,εὐθεῖα γραμμή ἐστιν ἥτις ἐξ ἴ. τοῖς ἐφ' ἑαυτῆς σημείοις κεῖται Euc. 1
Def.4;ἐξ ἴ. καὶ.. S.OC 254
;ὡς.. Id.OT61
; οἱ ἐξ ἴ. persons of equal station, Pl.Lg. 777d, cf. 919d;ὁ ἐξ ἴ. κίνδυνος Plb.9.4.4
;ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. γίγνεσθαί τινι Th.2.3
;τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου ἡμῖν οὖσι X.Hier.8.5
; ; ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. μάχεσθαι to be evenly matched, X.HG2.4.16;ἐξ ἴ. πολεμεῖν D.8.47
; κατὰ μῆνα τὸ αἱροῦν ἐξ ἴ. the sum due in equal monthly instalments, PAmh.2.92.14, etc.; ἐπὶ orἐπ' ἴσης, ἐπὶ ἴ. διαφέρειν τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.1.74
;τοῦτο ἐπ' ἴσης ἔχει Id.7.50
, cf. S.El. 1062(lyr.), etc.;ἐπ' ἴσου Plb.1.18.10
;ἐπ' ἴσον Id.6.38.4
, cf. Docum. ap. D.18.106, Phld.Ir.p.21 W.;ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο Il.12.436
; cf.κατὰ ἶσα μάχην ἐτάνυσσε 11.336
;κατ' ἴσον Dsc.1.68.6
, Gal.UP1.19; μετ' ἴσου equally, Demetr.Lac.Herc.124.12.V [comp] Comp. , Th.8.89, X.HG7.1.14: [comp] Sup. ἰσότατος Timo 68;ἰσαίτατος Ph.1.462
. Adv.ὡς ἰσαίτατα Pl.Lg. 744c
, butὡς ἰσότατα SIG531.30
([place name] Dyme). [[pron. full] ῑ in early [dialect] Ep. (exc. Hes.Op. 752), cf. Sol.24.1: [pron. full] ῐ first in Thgn.678, Sapph.2.1 (but ἶσος Ead.91 s.v.l.), B. 5.46 (butἶσον 1.62
, Fr.2.2), and always in Pi. (exc. in compd. ῑσοδαίμων) and Trag. (A.Fr. 216 is dub. l.) exc. in compd. ῑσό-θεος (q.v.); dub. in ἰς-όνειρος. Both quantities are found in later poetry, sts. in same line,ἔχοισαν ἴσον κάτω, ἶσον ἄνωθεν Theoc.8.19
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8 ἴσος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `equal' in number, strength, size, status etc. (Il.).Compounds: Very often as 1. member, e. g. ἰσό-θεος `god-like' (Il.), hypostasis of ἴσος θεῳ̃ or bahuvrihi `having gods as equals' (Risch 170; cf. Sommer IF 55, 195 n. 2), ἰσό-πεδον `plain' (Il.), ἰσό-πεδος `with the same level, as high' (Hdt., Hp.; cf. Risch IF 59, 15), ἰσ-ηγορίη, - ία `equal richt to speak, equal civil rights' (IA; compound of ἴσον ἀγορᾶσθαι); on ἰσοφαρίζω s. v.; as 2. member e. g. in ἄ(ν)-ισος `unequal, unfair' (IA).Derivatives: ἰσότης `equality' (Pl., Arist.), ἰσάκις `as often' (Pl.), ἰσαχῶς `in as many ways' (Arist.); denomin. verbs: ἰσάζω `make, be equal' (Il.) with ἰσασμός (Epicur.) and ἰσαστικός (Eust.); ἰσόομαι, - όω `become, make equal' (since η 212); ἰσαίομαι `be (made) equal' (Nic., Arat.); on the denomin. Schwyzer 727 a. 734.Etymology: As to the formation ϜίσϜος, from which ep. ἶσος (cf. on the digamma Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 144; the apparent vowel-prothesis ἐ-(Ϝ)ίση is artificial, Beekes Development 65f), Att. ἴσος, agrees with *μόνϜος (\> μοῦνος, μόνος), *ὅλϜος (\> οὖλος, ὅλος) a. o.; further analysis is uncertain. As IE -su̯- was not retained in Greek, the comparison with Skt.viṣu- `to several sides' (Curtius 378) must be given up. Phonetically a basic *Ϝιτσ-Ϝος (cf. Schwyzer 308) would do but the morphological connection to a zero grade *Ϝιδσ- from εἶδος `shape' (Brugmann Grundr.2 2: 1, 205) is hypothetical. - Diff. Meillet BSL 26, 12f. (to δύω; against this Kretschmer Glotta 16, 195), Jacobsohn Hermes 44, 88ff. (to u̯ei-s- `bow, bend'; against this Brugmann IF 28, 365ff.).Page in Frisk: 1,737-738Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἴσος
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9 ἴσος
ἴσος, η, ον (s. three next entries; Hom.+) pert. to being equivalent in number, size, quality, equal τράγοι B 7:10. τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὸ πλάτος καὶ τὸ ὕψος αὐτῆς ἴσα ἐστίν Rv 21:16. ἡ ἴ. δωρεά the same gift Ac 11:17. τὴν ἀγάπην τινὶ ἴ. παρέχειν show the same (degree of) love 1 Cl 21:7. Of testimony given by witnesses consistent Mk 14:56, 59. ἴσον ποιεῖν τινά τινι treat someone equally w. someone else (Polyb. 2, 38, 8; 2 Macc 9:15 αὐτοὺς ἴσους Ἀθηναίοις ποιήσειν) Mt 20:12. ἑαυτὸν τῷ θεῷ make oneself equal to God J 5:18 (cp. Philo, Leg. All. 1, 49 ἴσος θεῷ).—Subst. τὰ ἴσα an equal amount (PRyl 65, 7 [I B.C.] εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν τὰ ἴσα) ἀπολαβεῖν τὰ ἴ. receive an equal amount in return Lk 6:34.—The neut. pl. ἴσα (like the neut. sing. ἴσον; TestAbr A 1 p. 77, 8 [Stone p. 2]) functions as an adv. (Hom. et al.; Diod S 1, 89, 1; Wsd 7:3) w. dat. (Demosth. 19, 314; oft. Philostrat. [Schmid IV 48]; Himerius, Or. 20, 4 W. ἴσα ποιηταῖς; PTebt 278, 33 [I A.D.]; Job 11:12; 30:19) ἴσα εἶναί τινι be equal with someone Phil 2:6 (=PEg3 86f; ἴσα εἶναι as Thu. 3, 14, 1; ἴσα θεῷ as Dionys. Byz. §24 p. 12, 14; §41 p. 17, 12; Himerius, Or. [Ecl.] 3, 20; s. W-S. §28, 3; B-D-F §434, 1; Aeschyl., Pers. 856 ἰσόθεος of a king; so also Philod., Rhet. II p. 57, 11 Sudh. of a philosopher; Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 97 Caesar τὸν ἴσα κ. θεὸν τιμώμενον; 117 Jac.; Ael. Aristid. 46 p. 319 D.: ἐξ ἴσου τοῖς θεοῖς ἐθαυμάζετο; TestAbr 12 p. 91, 24f [Stone p. 30]; other reff. SLösch, Deitas Jesu und Antike Apotheose ’33, 124f; for critique of vainglorious quest for divine honors s. Plut., Mor. 360c). ἐξ ἴσου (Soph., Hdt. et al.; SIG 969, 84; pap; Tat. 4, 2 ἐπʼ ἴσης τῷ … θεῷ; Ath., R. 49, 20) equally, alike Pol 4:2.—B. 910. Larfeld I 497. LfgrE s.v. ἴσος col. 1227 (lit.). Cp. ὅμοιος Schmidt, Syn. IV 472–87. DELG. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv. -
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16 παραπλήσιος
A coming alongside of: hence, coming near, nearly resembling ; of numbers, nearly equal, about as many ; of size, about as large ; of age, about equal ; etc.:1 abs., Hdt.4.128, etc. ; τοιαῦτα καὶ π. such and such-like, Th.1.22 ; τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν Isoc.l.c. ;ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Pl.Grg. 520a
;ναυσὶ παραπλησίαις τὸν ἀριθμόν Th. 7.70
;ἱππεῖς π. τὸ πλῆθος X.HG4.3.15
;ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς π. ἱππέας Id.Eq.Mag.8.17
.2 freq. c. dat., ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο were about equal, of a drawn battle, Hdt.8.16 ;νῆσοι Λέσβῳ μεγάθεα παραπλήσιαι Id.1.202
;ἐσθὴς τῇ Κορινθίῃ παραπλησιωτάτη Id.5.87
;π. τούτῳ καὶ ὅμοιον D.19.196
; ὅμοι' ἢ π. τούτοις ib.307: with dat. of the person for dat. of that which belongs to the person,ἔπαθε παραπλήσια τούτῳ Hdt.4.78
, cf. Plb.1.14.2, etc.: rarely c. gen., Id.1.23.6 ; ἦχος συριγμοῦ π. Philum.Ven.21.1 (in Pl. Sph. 217b the gen. ὧν is due to the attraction).3 folld. by a relat.,τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται Hdt.4.172
; byκαί, Λυδοὶ νόμοισι π. χρέωνται καὶ Ἕλληνες Id.1.94
, cf. Th.5.112, 7.71 ; also π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ .. Isoc.1.27 : neut. παραπλήσια as Adv., π. ὡς εἰ .., perinde ac si.., Hdt.4.99 : sg., παραπλήσιον καὶ οὐ πολλῷ πλέον about the same distance and not much more, Th.7.19 ; τὸ π. D.S. 19.43 : more freq. regul. Adv. - ίως, Pl.Ap. 37a, al. ; ἆρά γ' ὁμοίως ἢ π. ; D.3.27 ; ἀγωνισάμενος π. having fought with nearly equal advantage, Hdt.1.77 ;π. τοῖς εἰρημένοις πράττοντας Isoc.5.51
, etc. ; π. καὶ .., Lat. perinde ac.., Hdt.7.119 ; π. ἔχει καθάπερ .. Pl.Ep. 321a : [comp] Comp.παραπλησιαίτερον Id.Plt. 275c
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17 ἶσος
ἶσος ( ϝῖσος, Att. ἴσος), ἴση, ἶσον: equal in size, weight, or number, also like; freq. ἴση as subst., μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης, of an equal share in the feast, Od. 9.42, Il. 11.705, Il. 12.423; also ἶσα as subst, ‘reparation,’ Od. 2.203. —Adv., ἶσον, ἶσα, equally, on equal terms, Il. 9.616; also κατὰ ϝῖσα, ἐπὶ ϝῖσα, ‘equally balanced,’ ‘undecided, Il. 11.336, Il. 12.436, Il. 15.413.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἶσος
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equal temperament — Music. the division of an octave into 12 equal semitones, as in the tuning of a piano. * * * ▪ music in music, a tuning system in which the octave is divided into 12 semitones of equal size. Because it enables keyboard instruments (keyboard … Universalium
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Size function — Size functions are shape descriptors, in a geometrical/topological sense. They are functions from the half plane to the natural numbers, counting certain connected components of a topological space. They are used in pattern recognition and… … Wikipedia
equal — Ⅰ. equal UK US /ˈiːkwəl/ adjective ► the same in price, number, size, etc.: »The values of cross border and internal sales were about equal over the year. an equal amount/number/share »Instead of an equal share, we got only one fifth of the… … Financial and business terms
size — n Size, dimensions, area, extent, magnitude, volume are here compared primarily as terms meaning the amount of space occupied or sometimes of time or energy used by a thing and determinable by measuring. Size usually refers to things having… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
equal — 1 adj [Latin aequalis, from aequus level, equal] 1: like in quality, nature, or status 2: like for each member of a group, class, or society 3: regarding or affecting all objects in the same way: impartial equal 2 … Law dictionary