Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἰσοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσοφόρος ἰσοφόρον

Structure: ἰσοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing or drawing equal weights, equal in strength

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ αὖ καὶ βόεσ εἰε͂ν ἐλαυνέμεν, οἵ περ ἄριστοι, αἴθωνεσ, μεγάλοι, ἄμφω κεκορηότε ποίησ, ἥλικεσ, ἰσοφόροι, τῶν τε σθένοσ οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν, τετράγυον δ’ εἰή, εἴκοι δ’ ὑπὸ βῶλοσ ἀρότρῳ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 60:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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