ἴσος

ἴσος, η, ον, [dialect] Ep. [full] ἶσος and [full] ἔϊσος (v. infr.); Cret., Arc. [full] ϝίσϝος GDI 4998ii2, 4982.2, Schwyzer665, cf. γισγόν· ἴσον, Hsch.; later [full] ἵσος Schwyzer 708a (1) (Ephesus, iv B.C.), Tab.Heracl.1.175, etc.:—

A equal in size, strength, or number, c. dat.,

κύματα ἶσα ὄρεσσιν Od.3.290

, etc.; freq. of appearance, like,

ἶσος ἀναύδῳ 10.378

;

ἶσος Ἄρευι Sapph.91

(dub.); ἴσος θεοῖσιν Ead.2.1: freq.abs.,

ἴσην . . βίην καὶ κῦδος Il.7.205

; ἶσον θυμὸν ἔχειν to be of like mind, 13.704, 17.720: neut. as Adv.,

ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα 15.50

;

θεοῖσιν ἶσ' ἔθελε φρονέειν 5.441

, cf. 21.315, etc.; ἴσος τινὶ τὸ μέγαθος, ὕψος, Hdt.2.32, 124; τὸ μῆκος, τὸ πλάτος, X.An. 5.4.32;

ἀριθμόν E.Supp.662

; ἴσα τὸν ἀ. Pl.R.441c; ποτὴν ἴσον equal in flight of song, Alex.Aet.5.5; ἴσον, τό, copy of a document, PLond. 3.1222.5 (ii A.D.), etc.: with dat. pers. in place of an object of comparison, οὐ μὲν σοί ποτε ἶσον ἔχω γέρας (i.e. τῷ σῷ γέραϊ) Il.1.163; τοῖσδ' ἴσας ναῦς (i.e. ταῖς τῶνδε) E.IA262(lyr.);

ἴσα τοῖς νῦν στρατηγοῖς ἀγάθ' εἰργασμένους D.13.21

: folld. by a relative word, ἐμοὶ ἴσον . . , ὅσονπερ ὑμῖν the same to me as to you, Ar.Ec.173;

τὰ ἐκεῖ ἴσα, ὥσπερ τὰ ἐνθάδε Lys.19.36

codd. (fort. σᾶ) ; τὰ ἴσα ὅσαπερ . . Lex ap.D.23.44;

ἴσον . . ὅπερ Pl.Erx.405b

.

2 repeated to denote equal relations, ἴσα πρὸς ἴσα tit for tat, Hdt.1.2;

ταχθέντες ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους S. Ant.142

(anap.);

ἴσους ἴσοισι . . ἀντιθείς E.Ph.750

;

ἴσα ἀντὶ ἴσων λαμβάνειν, ἐκδοῦναι Pl.Lg.774c

; ἴσος ἴσῳ (sc. οἶνος ὕδατι) Cratin.184, Com.Adesp.107, etc.; κύλικος ἴσον ἴσῳ κεκραμένης (where ἴσον is adverbial) Ar.Pl.1132;

διδόναι γάλα καὶ οἶνον πίνειν ἴσον ἴσῳ Hp. Epid.2.5.1

: metaph., 'fairly blended',

μηδὲν ἴσον ἴσῳ φέρων Ar.Ach. 354

.

3 of persons, equal in rights,

βούλεται ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἴσων εἶναι καὶ ὁμοίων Arist.Pol.1295b25

; ἡ πολιτικὴ ἐλευθέρων καὶ ἴσων ἀρχή ib. 1255b20; τὸ κατ' ἀξίαν ἴ. ib.1307a26, al.

II equally divided or distributed,

ἴση μοῖρα Il.9.318

; ἴση alone, one's equal share,

μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης Od.9.42

(ἴσσης cj. Fick, cf. ἴσσασθαι)

; τὴν ἴ. ἔχων Cratin.250

; οὐ μὴν ἴ. ἔτεισεν (sc. τίσιν) S.OT810; ἄχρι τῆς ἴ. up to the point of equality, D.5.17: neut.,

μὴ ἴσον νεῖμαι ἑκατέρῳ Pl.Prt.337a

;

οὐ μόνον ἴσον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πλέον ἔχειν Isoc.17.57

; οὐκ ἀνέξῃ δωμάτων ἔχων ἴσον καὶ τῷδε νεῖμαι; E.Ph.547; τὰ ἴσα fair measure,

τὰ ἴ. νέμειν Hdt. 6.11

; μὴ ἴσων ἕκαστον τυγχάνειν ἀλλὰ πλεονεκτεῖν, X.Cyr.2.2.20; προστυχεῖν τῶν ἴ. to obtain fair terms, S.Ph.552; κἂν ἴσαι (sc. ψῆφοι) γένωνται equally divided, Ar.Ra.685.

2 based on equality of rights,

ἴ. καὶ ἔννομος πολιτ εία Aeschin.1.5

;

τὴν πολιτείαν ἰσαιτέραν καθιστάναι Th.8.89

; τὰ ἴ. equal rights, equality, freq. joined with τὰ ὅμοια or

τὰ δίκαια, ὡς τῆς πολιτείας ἐσομένης ἐν τοῖς ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίοις X.HG7.1.45

;

τῶν ἴ. καὶ τῶν δικαίων ἕκαστος ἡγεῖται ἑαυτῷ μετεῖναι ἐν τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ D.21.67

; οὐ μέτεστι τῶν ἴ. οὐδὲ τῶν ὁμοίων πρὸς τοὺς πλουσίους τοῖς λοιποῖς ib.112; τῶν ἴ. μετεῖχε τοῖς ἄλλοις ib.96; also ἡ ἴ. καὶ ὁμοία (sc. δίκη)

, τῆς ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίας μετέχειν Th.4.105

; ἐπ' ἴ. τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ on fair and equal terms, Hdt.9.7, ά, cf. Th.1.145; ἐπὶ τῇ ἴ. καὶ ὁμοίᾳ ib.27, cf. SIG312.27 (Samos, iv B.C.), OGI229.44 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: generally, just, fair, ἐκ ποίας ἴ. καὶ δικαίας προφάς εως; D.18.284.

3 of persons, fair, impartial, S.Ph.684(lyr.), OT677;

ἴ. δικαστής Pl.Lg. 957c

;

ἴ. καὶ κοινοὶ ἀκροαταί D.29.1

, cf. 18.7;

ἴ. καὶ κοινὸν δικαστήριον Id.7.36

;

κοινοὺς μὲν . . , ἴ. δὲ μή Pl.Prt.337a

;

ἴ. ἴσθι κρινων Men.Mon. 266

, cf. 257;

κριταὶ ἴ. καὶ δίκαιοι Plb.24.15.3

, etc.

4 adequate,

ἡ ἴ. φρουρά Th.7.27

(expld. by Sch. as regular, τεταγμένη) ; ἴσος τοῖς

παροῦσι Id.1.132

.

III of ground, even, flat, εἰς τὸ ἴ. καταβαίνειν, of an army, X.An.4.6.18 (but ἐν ἴσῳ προσιέναι to advance with even step, ib.1.8.11); λέουσιν εἰς τὸ ἴ. καθιστάμενοι μάχεσθαι, opp. μετὰ πλεονεξίας ἀγωνίζεσθαι, on even terms, Id.Cyr.1.6.28; ἴ. τοῖχος, opp. κεκλικώς, perpendicular, Phlp.in APo.2.27.

IV Adv. ἴσως (v. sub voc.): but also,

1 neut. sg. and pl. from Hom. downwds. (v. sub init.), ἶσον . . ἀπήχθετο κηρὶ μελαίνῃ even as Death, Il.3.454; ἶσον ἐμοὶ βασίυε be king like me, 9.616; ἶσον γάρ σε θεῷ τίσουσιν Ἀχαιοί ib. 603;

ἶσον ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ 18.82

;

τὸν . . ἶσα θεῷ . . εἰσορόωσιν Od.15.520

;

ἶσα φίλοισι τέκεσσι Il.5.71

, cf. 13.176, Od.1.432, 11.304, etc.: later abs., alike,

δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ τῆς τε συμφορᾶς ἴσον S.OT1347

;

τὴν Σάμον καὶ Ἡρακλέας στήλας ἴσον ἀπέχειν Hdt.8.132

: c. dat.,

ἴσον ναοῖς θεῶν E.Hel.801

; ἴσον ἄπεσμεν τῷ πρίν equally as before, Id.Hipp.302 (v.l. τῶν πρίν)

; ἴσα τοῖς πάνυ D.C.Fr.70.6

; ἴσα καί . . like as, as if, S.OT 1187(lyr.), E.El.994 (anap.), Th.3.14;

ἴσον ὡς . . E.Ion1363

; ὥσπερ . . S.El.532;

ὥστε . . E.Or.882

;

ἅτε . . Id.HF667

(lyr.);

ὅσονπερ . . D.15.1

.

2 with Preps.: ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης equally, Th.1.15;

ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς ἴ. ἐχθρός Id.3.40

;

ἀπ' ἴσης εἶναι D.14.6

;

ἀφ' ἵσου SIG426.14

(Teos, iii B.C.);

δι' ἴσου D.C.43.37

; at equal distance, Pl.R.617b: also in Math., ex aequali, of proportions, Euc.5 Def.17, al.; δι' ἴ. ἐν τεταραγμένῃ ἀναλογίᾳ ex aequali in disturbed proportion, Archim. Sph.Cyl.2.4,al., Papp.932.11; ἐν ἴσῳ equally, Th.2.53, 4.65; ἐν ἴσῳ ἐστί it matters not, E.IA1199;

ἐν ἴσῳ [ἐστὶ] καὶ εἰ . . Th.2.60

;

ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ εἶναι Id.4.10

;

ἐξ ἴσης Pl.Lg.861a

: more freq.

ἐξ ἴσου Hdt.7.135

, S.OT563, etc.;

ἐξ ἴ. τινί Id.Ant.516

, 644, Antipho 5.1, Pl.Grg.517a; evenly,

εὐθεῖα γραμμή ἐστιν ἥτις ἐξ ἴ. τοῖς ἐφ' ἑαυτῆς σημείοις κεῖται Euc. 1

Def.4;

ἐξ ἴ. καὶ . . S.OC254

;

ὡς . . Id.OT61

; οἱ ἐξ ἴ. persons of equal station, Pl.Lg.777d, cf. 919d;

ὁ ἐξ ἴ. κίνδυνος Plb.9.4.4

;

ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. γίγνεσθαί τινι Th.2.3

;

τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου ἡμῖν οὖσι X.Hier.8.5

;

ἐξ ἴσου τισὶ τῆς πολιτείας μεταδιδόναι Lys.25.3

; ἐκ τοῦ ἴ. μάχεσθαι to be evenly matched, X.HG2.4.16;

ἐξ ἴ. πολεμεῖν D.8.47

; κατὰ μῆνα τὸ αἱροῦν ἐξ ἴ. the sum due in equal monthly instalments, PAmh.2.92.14, etc.; ἐπὶ or

ἐπ' ἴσης, ἐπὶ ἴ. διαφέρειν τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.1.74

;

τοῦτο ἐπ' ἴσης ἔχει Id.7.50

, cf. S.El.1062(lyr.), etc.;

ἐπ' ἴσου Plb.1.18.10

;

ἐπ' ἴσον Id.6.38.4

, cf. Docum. ap. D.18.106, Phld.Ir.p.21 W.;

ἐπὶ ἶσα μάχη τέτατο Il.12.436

; cf.

κατὰ ἶσα μάχην ἐτάνυσσε 11.336

;

κατ' ἴσον Dsc.1.68.6

, Gal.UP1.19; μετ' ἴσου equally, Demetr.Lac.Herc.124.12.

V [comp] Comp.

ἰσαίτερος E.Supp.441

, Th.8.89, X.HG7.1.14: [comp] Sup. ἰσότατος Timo 68;

ἰσαίτατος Ph.1.462

. Adv.

ὡς ἰσαίτατα Pl.Lg.744c

, but

ὡς ἰσότατα SIG531.30

([place name] Dyme). [[pron. full] ῑ in early [dialect] Ep. (exc. Hes.Op.752), cf. Sol.24.1: [pron. full] ῐ first in Thgn.678, Sapph.2.1 (but ἶσος Ead.91 s.v.l.), B. 5.46 (but

ἶσον 1.62

, Fr.2.2), and always in Pi. (exc. in compd. ῑσοδαίμων) and Trag. (A.Fr.216 is dub. l.) exc. in compd. ῑσό-θεος (q.v.); dub. in ἰς-όνειρος. Both quantities are found in later poetry, sts. in same line,

ἔχοισαν ἴσον κάτω, ἶσον ἄνωθεν Theoc.8.19

;

πρέσβυν ἴσον κούροις, ἶσον ἁδόντα κόραις APl.4.309

.]