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ἰσόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόω

Structure: ἰσό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: i)/sos

Sense

  1. to make equal, to be made like or equal to

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ί̓σω ί̓σοις ί̓σοι
Dual ί̓σουτον ί̓σουτον
Plural ί̓σουμεν ί̓σουτε ί̓σουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ί̓σω ί̓σοις ί̓σοι
Dual ί̓σωτον ί̓σωτον
Plural ί̓σωμεν ί̓σωτε ί̓σωσιν*
OptativeSingular ί̓σοιμι ί̓σοις ί̓σοι
Dual ί̓σοιτον ἰσοίτην
Plural ί̓σοιμεν ί̓σοιτε ί̓σοιεν
ImperativeSingular ῖ̓σου ἰσοῦτω
Dual ί̓σουτον ἰσοῦτων
Plural ί̓σουτε ἰσοῦντων, ἰσοῦτωσαν
Infinitive ί̓σουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰσων ἰσουντος ἰσουσα ἰσουσης ἰσουν ἰσουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ί̓σουμαι ί̓σοι ί̓σουται
Dual ί̓σουσθον ί̓σουσθον
Plural ἰσοῦμεθα ί̓σουσθε ί̓σουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ί̓σωμαι ί̓σοι ί̓σωται
Dual ί̓σωσθον ί̓σωσθον
Plural ἰσώμεθα ί̓σωσθε ί̓σωνται
OptativeSingular ἰσοίμην ί̓σοιο ί̓σοιτο
Dual ί̓σοισθον ἰσοίσθην
Plural ἰσοίμεθα ί̓σοισθε ί̓σοιντο
ImperativeSingular ί̓σου ἰσοῦσθω
Dual ί̓σουσθον ἰσοῦσθων
Plural ί̓σουσθε ἰσοῦσθων, ἰσοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ί̓σουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἰσουμενος ἰσουμενου ἰσουμενη ἰσουμενης ἰσουμενον ἰσουμενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἥ τε καθέδρα ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἱππέωσ ἀεὶ εὐσχήμων καὶ ὀρθὴ ἐν τῷ ἀκροβολισμῷ σῴζεται, καὶ ταύτῃ μᾶλλον, ὅτι ἐπελαυνόντων ὁρᾶται καὶ τῶν ὅπλων ἡ λαμπρότησ καὶ τῶν ἵππων ἡ ὠκύτησ τε καὶ τὸ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιστροφαῖσ εὐκαμπέσ καὶ ὅπωσ ἐν ἴσοισ τοῖσ διαστήμασιν αἱ ἐπελάσεισ γίγνονται τῶν ἱππέων. (Arrian, chapter 38 5:2)
  • οὓσ ἠλευθέρωσαν ἀπὸ τῶν Μήδων, οὐκ ἦν προσήκοντα εἰρῆσθαι, ὅτι τὰ δίκαια τοῖσ ἴσοισ ἐστὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, τὰ δὲ βίαια τοῖσ ἰσχυροῖσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀσθενεῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 39 1:1)
  • "Γόργοσ ὁ ὁπλοφύλαξ Ἀλέξανδρον Ἄμμωνοσ υἱὸν στεφανοῖ χρυσοῖσ τρισχιλίοισ, καὶ ὅταν Ἀθήνασ πολιορκῇ, μυρίαισ πανοπλίαισ καὶ τοῖσ ἴσοισ καταπέλταισ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἄλλοισ βέλεσιν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον ἱκανοῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 53 5:1)
  • <ἐκάλει πάντασ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἴσοισ καὶ τὸ "δεῦρ’ ἴτε, πάντεσ λεῴ" κήρυγμα Θησέωσ γενέσθαι φασὶ πανδημίαν τινὰ καθιστάντοσ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., 8)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἀλλοτρίοισ ἐπαίνοισ, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, τὸ φιλότιμον ἐξανθεῖ τὴν περιαυτολογίαν καί τισ αὐτὸ καταλαμβάνει δακνόμενον καὶ γαργαλιζόμενον οἱο͂ν ὑπὸ κνησμοῦ δυσκαρτέρητοσ ἐπιθυμία καὶ ὁρμὴ πρὸσ δόξαν, ἄλλωσ τε κἂν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἴσοισ ἕτεροσ ἢ τοῖσ ἐλάττοσιν ἐπαινῆται. (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 18 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. to make equal

Derived

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

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