ἰσήλικος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Etymology 1[edit]

ἴσος (ísos) +‎ ἡλίκος (hēlíkos)

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Adjective[edit]

ῐ̓σήλῐκος (isḗlikosm (feminine ῐ̓σήλῐκη, neuter ῐ̓σήλῐκον); first/second declension (Koine)

  1. equal in magnitude
  2. equal in age
    • 412 CE – 485 CE, Proclus, Commentary on Plato's "Parmenides" p.944.S..alibi
    • C.E. 515–529, Damascius Diadochus, edited by Charles-Émile Ruelle, Ἀπορίαι καὶ λύσεις περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχῶν εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην [Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles in Plato’s Parmenides], volume II of II, Paris: C. Klincksieck, bibliopola, published 1889, ¶ 316, page 183, lines 29–30:
      Ἆρα οὖν προσλήψεταί τι καὶ ἄλλο ἐν τοῖς ἑξῆς, οἷον τὸ ὅμοιον καὶ ἀνόμοιον, τὸ ἴσον καὶ ἄνισον, τὸ νεώτερον καὶ πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἰσήλικον;
      Âra oûn proslḗpsetaí ti kaì állo en toîs hexês, hoîon tò hómoion kaì anómoion, tò íson kaì ánison, tò neṓteron kaì presbúteron kaì isḗlikon;
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inflectional form.

Adjective[edit]

ῐ̓σήλῐκος (isḗlikos)

  1. genitive singular masculine/feminine of ῐ̓σῆλῐξ (isêlix)

References[edit]

  1. ^ ἰσήλικος τάφρος f (táphros, trench, ditch) By Philo Mechanicus, exceptionally as a masucline (not the expected feminine) - lemma "ἰσήλικος" at Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia

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