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ἰσοπαλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσοπαλής ἰσοπαλές

Structure: ἰσοπαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pa/los

Sense

  1. equal in the struggle, well-matched
  2. equivalent

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὔ τοι ὡρ́ιφοσ ἰσοπαλήσ, τυῖδ’ ὁ τράγοσ οὗτοσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 26)
  • αὖθισ δ’ ἰσοπαλὴσ γίνεται ἤματι νύξ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 384 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. equal in the struggle

  2. equivalent

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

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