Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσόπαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόπαλος ἰσόπαλον

Structure: ἰσοπαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = i)sopalh/s, Luc.

Sense

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐσ χεῖρασ ἤδη συνεληλύθαμεν, τὸ μὲν εὐώνυμον καὶ ὁ Τιμόλαοσ ἐτρέψαντο τοὺσ καθ̓ αὑτοὺσ Μήδουσ ὄντασ, τὸ δὲ κατ̓ ἐμὲ ἰσόπαλον ἔτι, Πέρσαι γάρ εἰσι καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ· (Lucian, 62:4)
  • ἑώρων δὲ τάσ τε φάλαγγασ ἀλλήλων μάλα ἰσοπάλουσ, σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἱππεῖσ ἦσαν ἑκατέρων ἰσοπληθεῖσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 10:5)
  • καὶ ἐγὼ τότε πρῶτον ἐμαυτὸν ἡγησάμην ἰσόπαλον εἶναι τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ, οὐ τοῖσδε τοῖσ φανεροῖσ, ὡσ οἰέται Καῖσαρ, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ πλέοσί τε καὶ δυνατωτέροισ καὶ ἀφανέσιν ἔτι εἶναι θέλουσι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 5 7:5)

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

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