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ἰσο-πᾰλής

isopales

equal in the struggle, well-matched

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Where it lives

Sophist 2 · 1.25/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἰσο-πᾰλής · iso-palēs — LSJ

equal in the struggle, well-matched, evenly balanced

equal in the struggle, well-matched, μαχομένων . . καὶ γενομένων ἰσοπαλέων Hdt. 1.82, cf. 5.49; evenly balanced, μάχη Ctes. Fr. 29.31.

2 equivalent, equal

generally, equivalent, equal, ἰ. πάντῃ Parm. 8.44; ἰ. κίνδυνοι Th. 2.39; πλήθει ἰ. τισί Id. 4.94; οὔτι ὥριφος ἰ. τοι Theoc. 5.30; ἰ. ἤματι νύξ AP 9.384.18, cf. Orph. A. 1014. Adv. -λῶς Sch. Arat. 364.

In the wild

ἰσοπαλέων · isopaleōn Herodotus, Histories 1.82.4 (DIORISIS sentence 565)
ἰσοπαλέας · isopaleas Herodotus, Histories 5.49.8 (DIORISIS sentence 5685)
ἰσοπαλὲς · isopales Plato, Sophist 244
ἰσοπαλὲς · isopales Plato, Sophist 244
ἰσοπαλές · isopales Plato, Timaeus 63 (DIORISIS sentence 574)
ἰσοπαλεῖς · isopaleis Thucydides, History 2.39.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1208)

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