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ἰσόρροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόρροπος ἰσόρροπον

Structure: ἰσορροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(oph/

Sense

  1. equally balanced, in equipoise, equally matched with, in equipoise with

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσόρροπος ἰσόρροπον
Genitive ἰσορρόπου ἰσορρόπου
Dative ἰσορρόπῳ ἰσορρόπῳ
Accusative ἰσόρροπον ἰσόρροπον
Vocative ἰσόρροπε ἰσόρροπον
DualN/A/V ἰσορρόπω ἰσορρόπω
G/D ἰσορρόποιν ἰσορρόποιν
PluralNominative ἰσόρροποι ἰσόρροπα
Genitive ἰσορρόπων ἰσορρόπων
Dative ἰσορρόποις ἰσορρόποις
Accusative ἰσορρόπους ἰσόρροπα
Vocative ἰσόρροποι ἰσόρροπα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσόρροπος ἰσορρόπου ἰσορροπώτερος ἰσορροπωτέρου ἰσορροπώτατος ἰσορροπωτάτου
Adverb ἰσορρόπως ἰσορροπώτερον ἰσορροπώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν δ’ ἀγὼν ἰσόρροποσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:15)
  • ἦν δὲ βέλτιον εἰπεῖν ὅπου προσῇ τὸ σῶφρον, ἀμφιδέξιοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ ἰσόρροποσ· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 12 23:3)
  • πεσόντοσ δὲ τοῦ Κρασσιανοῦ, κατὰ τοῦτο μὲν ἦν ἰσόρροποσ ἡ μάχη, τὸ δὲ δεξιὸν ὁ Πομπήϊοσ οὐ ταχέωσ ἐπῆγεν, ἀλλὰ παπταίνων ἐπὶ θάτερα καὶ τὸ τῶν ἱππέων ἀναμένων ἔργον ἐνδιέτριβεν. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 71 3:1)
  • ἰσόρροποσ δὲ ἡ φύσισ, ὡσ ἐν ἰσορρόπῳ, τωὐτὸν δὲ ἐν ἀνίσοισ ἀδύνατον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 105)
  • οὐ γὰρ πρὸσ χρήμαθ’ ἡ ἀξία μετρεῖται, τιμή τ’ ἰσόρροποσ οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο, ἀλλ’ ἴσωσ ἱκανόν, καθάπερ καὶ πρὸσ θεοὺσ καὶ πρὸσ γονεῖσ, τὸ ἐνδεχόμενον. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. equally balanced

Related

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

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