ἰσάζω

isazo

make equal, balance

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 9 1
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936
Book 12 1
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12435
Book 24 1
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24607

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰσάζω:—Pass., fut. ἰσασθήσομαι Arist. EE 1243b31: aor. 1 ἰσάσθην Id. EN 1133a14: pf. ἴσασμαι ib.b5: (ἴσος):— A. make equal, balance, of a person holding scales, σταθμὸν . . καὶ εἴριον . . ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσʼ Il. 12.435; ἰ. τὰς κτήσεις to equalize them, Arist. Pol. 1265a38; ἰ. τὸ ἄνισον Id. EN 1132a7; τὴν φιλίαν ib.1163b33:—Med., make oneself equal to another, οὕνεκʼ ἄρα Λητοῖ ἰσάσκετο (sc. Νιόβη) Il. 24.607:—Pass., to be made or to be equal, θεοῖς Pl. Ti. 41c: abs., Arist. EN 1133a14, al.; μήκει ποδὸς ἴχνος ἰσάζεται Nic. Th. 286; δίστιχα ψήφοισιν ἰσάζεται AP 9.356 (Leon.). II. intr. in Act., to be equal, Pl. Lg. 773a, Arist. EN 1154b24; ἀλλήλοις Id. Pol. 1304a39. 2. to be even, normal, Hp. Morb. 4.49. [ῑ in Hom.; ῐ in Nic. Th. 286, 886.]

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