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ἰσότης

isotes · ἡ

equality, equality of ratios, proportion, political equality

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἰσότης · isotēs — LSJ

equality, equality of ratios, proportion

equality, Arist. Metaph. 1054b3, etc.: in pl., Pl. Lg. 733b; ἰ. χρόνου Id. Prm. 140e: Math., ἰ. γεωμετρική equality of ratios, proportion, Id. Grg. 508a; ἀναλογία ἰ. λόγων Arist. EN 1131a31.

2 political equality, justice

esp. political equality or justice, personified in E. Ph. 536, cf. Pl. Lg. 757a; ἰ. πολιτική Plb. 6.8.4, etc.: in dual, Pl. Lg. 757b, cf. Arist. Pol. 1302a7, Isoc. 7.21.

II fair dealing, impartiality

fair dealing, impartiality, Men. Mon. 259, Plb. 2.38.8, Ep.Col. 4.1.

III equiformity

equiformity, of the earth, Epicur. Nat. 11.10. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.83, 2.945; ἰσοτής is said to be Hellenistic by Moer. 202.)

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