ἰσοπαλής

isopales

equal in the struggle, well-matched

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2
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Chapter 2 975a18–977a13

976a9
Chapter 4 977b21–979a11

978b9
Physics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 206a9–207a32

207a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰσοπαλής, ές, A. equal in the struggle, well-matched, μαχομένων . . καὶ γενομένων ἰσοπαλέων Hdt. 1.82, cf. 5.49; evenly balanced, μάχη Ctes. Fr. 29.31. 2. 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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