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ἰσόψηφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσόψηφος ἰσόψηφονψηφον

Structure: ἰσοψηφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with or by an equal number of votes
  2. having an equal vote with others, equal in franchise
  3. equal in numerical value, of words in which the letters add to the same sum

Examples

  • δήμαρχοι ταῦθ’ ὑφορώμενοι καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν φυλετικὴν ἐκκλησίαν ᾤοντο δεῖν συνάγειν καὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἐκείνην ποιῆσαι κυρίαν, ἵνα μήθ’ οἱ πένητεσ τῶν πλουσίων μειονεκτῶσι μήθ’ οἱ ψιλοὶ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν ἀτιμοτέραν χώραν ἔχωσι, μήτ’ ἀπερριμμένον εἰσ τὰσ ἐσχάτασ κλήσεισ τὸ δημοτικὸν πλῆθοσ ἀποκλείηται τῶν ἴσων, ἰσόψηφοι δὲ καὶ ὁμότιμοι πάντεσ ἀλλήλοισ γενόμενοι μιᾷ κλήσει τὴν ψῆφον ἐπενέγκωσι κατὰ φυλάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 59 15:1)
  • καὶ ἦσαν οἱ τἀλάχιστα κεκτημένοι τοῖσ τὰσ μεγίστασ ἔχουσιν οὐσίασ ἰσόψηφοι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 4, chapter 20 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. with or by an equal number of votes

  2. having an equal vote with others

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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