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|Full diacritics=ἴσως
|Medium diacritics=ἴσως
|Low diacritics=ίσως
|Capitals=ΙΣΩΣ
|Transliteration A=ísōs
|Transliteration B=isōs
|Transliteration C=isos
|Beta Code=i)/sws
|Definition=Lacon. ϝίὡρ (v. <b class="b3">βίωρ</b>), Adv. of <b class="b3">ἴσος</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">equally, in like manner</b>, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>25.11</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>758</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>805a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὡς ἰσαίτατα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">744c</span>; <b class="b2">evenly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">equally, with reference to equality</b>, τὸ ὀρθὸν ληπτέον ἴσως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1283b40</span>; <b class="b2">fairly, equitably</b>, <b class="b3">ἴ. καὶ κοινῶς</b> Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl">22.24</span>; οὐκ ἴ. οὐδὲ πολιτικῶς <span class="bibl">D.10.74</span>; μηδὲν ἴ. καὶ δικαίως φρονοῦντας <span class="bibl">D.H.10.40</span>; οὐκ ἴσως χρήσασθαί τινι <span class="bibl">Plb.23.2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">probably, perhaps</b>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>33, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.124</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>319</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>144</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>473b</span>, etc.; ἴ. που <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>518</span>; οὔτε συμφόρως οὔτ' ἴ. καλῶς <span class="bibl">D.5.10</span>; οὐκ ἴσως, ἀλλ' ὄντως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>965c</span>: ironical, σμικρά γε ἴ. προσθήκη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>339b</span>: freq. joined with <b class="b3">ἄν</b> or <b class="b3">τάχ' ἄν</b>, e.g. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>691</span>, <span class="bibl">1009</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span> 31a</span>; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τάχα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1389b18</span>: <b class="b3">ἴσως</b> without <b class="b3">ἄν</b> c. opt. is f.l. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>727</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1055</span>; <b class="b3">ἴ. μέν... ἴ. δέ . .</b> <b class="b2">perhaps</b> so or so, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.3.2</span>: repeated ἴ., ἴ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1320</span>, <span class="bibl">D.3.33</span>: used to soften or qualify a positive assertion, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>661</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>224</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>61c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>233e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>987a26</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> with numerals, <b class="b2">about</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1058</span>, <span class="bibl">Damox.3.2</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1274.png Seite 1274]] adv. zu [[ἴσος]], gleich, <b class="b2">gleichmäßig</b>; [[ἴσως]] ἀσκεῖται Plat. Legg. VII, 805 a; τὰς τιμάς τε καὶ ἀρχὰς ὡς ἰσαίτατα ἀπολαμβάνοντες V, 744; Folgde einzeln, διαδοὺς τὴν λείαν [[ἴσως]] τοῖς στρατιώταις Pol. 3, 76, 13; – <b class="b2">billig</b>, recht, [[οὔτε]] συμφόρως οὔτ' [[ἴσως]] [[οὔτε]] [[καλῶς]] προεῖσθε Φωκέας Dem. 5, 10, τὰ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς [[ἴσως]] διοικεῖν 3, 26; καὶ δικαίως Dion. Hal. 10, 40. – Gew. = <b class="b2">wahrscheinlich</b>, was Einem leicht so scheint, von ungewissen Dingen, mit attischer Urbanität aber auch oft eine gemilderte Behauptung enthaltend, bes. beim opt. potent.; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ [[ἴσως]] καὶ [[τάχα]] Arist. rhet. 2, 15; ἀρχαῖ' [[ἴσως]] σοι φαίνομαι λέγειν τάδε Aesch. Prom. 317; [[ἴσως]] ἂν ἔλθοι Spt. 689; [[ἴσως]] γὰρ οὐκ ἀκήκοας Soph. Phil. 599; Eur. I. A.1055; τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶν [[ἴσως]] ἀληθές Plat. Phaed. 67 a; [[ἴσως]] δὲ καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστιν Xen. An. 3, 1, 37, was er für ausgemacht hält, vgl. 3, 2, 36; [[ἴσως]] μὲν – [[ἴσως]] δέ Cyr. 4, 3, 2. – Plat. Legg. XII, 965 c steht es dem [[ὄντως]] entgegen. – Bei Zahlwörtern = <b class="b2">ungefähr</b>, Ar. Plut. 1058; Damox. bei Ath. I, 15 b; Plut. Ag. 5.
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