ἰσόρροπος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἰσόρροπον, ([[ῥοπή]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in equipoise]], of the [[balance]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 109a, ''Plt.''270a (Sup.), etc.; τάλαντα βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''346; <b class="b3">ἰσορρόπου τοῦ πήχεως</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦ ζυγοῦ</b>) γινομένου ''IG''22.1013.34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[well-balanced]], [[well-matched]], <b class="b3">ἰσόρροπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ</b> of a man [[with his legs of the same length]], Hp.''Fract.''19; of a [[nose]], [[flattened]], [[but not awry]], Id.''Art.''37; of a [[bone]], [[cylindrical]], ib. 34; [[δέρμα]] ἰσόρροπον, opp. [[περιρρεπής]], ib.50; ἰσόρροπος [[ἀγών]] = [[evenly balanced]], E.''Supp.'' 706; [[μάχη]] Th.1.105; δυνάμεις Pl.''Ti.''52e; [[βίος]] Id.''Lg.''733c; [[τιμή]] [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1164b4: c. dat., <b class="b3">τὸ γένος τὸ Ἀττικὸν ἰσόρροπον τῷ ἑωυτῶν ἂν γίνοιτο</b> would [[become]] a [[match]] for their own, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.91; ἰ. Ῥωμαίοις Hdn.6.7.8; ἰ. καταστῆναί τινι ''IPE''12.40.18(Olbia, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἰσόρροπος ὁ λόγος τῶν ἔργων</b> [[in precise equipoise with]].., Th.2.42; ἰ. πρός τι Hdn.6.3.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[of equal weight]], [[χρυσίον]] ''Inscr.Délos''313a.45 (iii B.C., -ορο-).<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ἰσορρόπως]] = [[in equilibrium]], [[in balanced manner]], [[in equivalent manner]], [[on par]], [[ἀφιέναι]] Hp.''Art.''43; [[πορεύεσθαι]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''247b; ἀγωνίσασθαι D.C.41.61: neut. pl. [[ἰσόρροπα]] as adverb, Tim.''Pers.''47.