Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσομήκης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσομήκης ἰσομήκες

Structure: ἰσομηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=kos

Sense

  1. equal in length

Examples

  • τὴν δ’ Ἀντιοχέων τῶν ἐν Συρίᾳ πλατεῖαν οὐ φευκτὴν οὖσαν ὑπὸ βορβόρου κατέστρωσέν τε σταδίων εἴκοσι τὸ μῆκοσ οὖσαν ξεστῇ μαρμάρῳ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν ὑετῶν ἀποφυγὰσ ἐκόσμησεν ἰσομήκει στοᾷ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 606:3)

Synonyms

  1. equal in length

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

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