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

  • δευτέρα δ’ ἐστὶν ἡ Βοιωτία ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑώ ἐπὶ δύσιν τεταμένη ταινία τισ ἀπὸ τῆσ κατ’ Εὔβοιαν θαλάττησ ἐπὶ θάλατταν τὴν κατὰ τὸν Κρισαῖον κόλπον, ἰσομήκησ πωσ τῇ Ἀττικῇ ἢ καὶ ἐλάττων κατὰ μῆκοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 2 2:11)

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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