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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

  • ὑμεῖσ τοίνυν ἤδη πολλοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ὑφ’ ὧν τὰ μέγιστα ἠδικήθητε, ὑποχειρίουσ λαβόντεσ, οὔτ’ ἀνελεῖν οὔτ’ ἐκβαλεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐβουλήθητε, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἴκουσ καὶ κλήρουσ αὐτοῖσ ἀπέδοτε, καὶ πατρίδασ οἰκεῖν, ἐξ ὧν ἔφυσαν, εἰάσατε, ἰσοψήφοισ τ’ εἶναι καὶ πολίταισ ὑμετέροισ ἤδη τισὶν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐχαρίσασθε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 55 2:1)

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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