Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσόκληρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόκληρος ἰσόκληρον

Structure: ἰσοκληρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. equal in property

Examples

  • συνέπεισε τὴν χώραν ἅπασαν εἰσ μέσον θέντασ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἀναδάσασθαι, καὶ ζῆν μετ’ ἀλλήλων ἅπαντασ ὁμαλεῖσ καὶ ἰσοκλήρουσ τοῖσ βίοισ γενομένουσ, τὸ δὲ πρωτεῖον ἀρετῇ μετιόντασ, ὡσ ἄλλησ ἑτέρῳ πρὸσ ἕτερον οὐκ οὔσησ διαφορᾶσ οὐδὲ ἀνισότητοσ, πλὴν ὅσην αἰσχρῶν ψόγοσ ὁρίζει καὶ καλῶν ἔπαινοσ. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 8 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. equal in property

Similar forms

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

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