ἰσοφόρος
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
ον,
A bearing or drawing equal weights, equal in strength, βόες . . ἥλικες, ἰσοφόροι Od.18.373; τὰ σκέλη τοῖς ὤμοις -φόρα ἔχειν X.Smp.2.20. II proparox., moving regularly, Poll.4.97.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1268] gleichtragend, gleich stark; βόες, die gleich ziehen, Od. 18, 373; – οἶνος, starker Wein, der eben so viel beigemischtes Wasser erträgt; – ἰσόφορος, sich gleichmäßig bewegend, ὀρχηστής Poll. 4, 97.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰσοφόρος: -ον, φέρων ἢ ἕλκων ἴσα βάρη, ἴσος κατὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἢ δύναμιν, βόες… ἥλικες, ἰσοφόροι Ὀδ. Σ. 373. ΙΙ. προπαροξ., ἰσοφόρος, ἐπὶ ὀρχηστοῦ, ὁ κινούμενος κανονικῶς, ὁμαλῶς, Πολυδ. Δ΄, 97.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui porte une charge égale à sa force, càd fort, robuste.
Étymologie: ἴσος, φέρω.
