ἰσοσκελής

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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ἴσος (ísos, equal) +‎ σκέλος (skélos, leg) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗsm or f (neuter ἰσοσκελές); third declension

  1. (geometry, of triangles) Having two sides equal, isosceles
  2. (mathematics, of numbers) Able to be divided into two parts, even
  3. (rhetoric, of periods) Containing two equal parts
  4. (medicine, of bandages) Having similarly shaped ends

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: īsoscelēs

References

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  • ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.