ἰσόω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
[ῐ, exc. in Od. l.c.],
A make equal, τινί τι S.El.686, Ar.V.565 (dub.l.), Hp.Morb.4.39:—Med., ὄνυχας χεῖράς τε ἰσώσαντο they made their nails and hands alike, i.e. used them in like manner, Hes.Sc. 263:—Pass. (with aor. 1 Med.), to be made like or equal to, τοῖσίν κεν ἐν ἄλγεσιν ἰσωσαίμην Od.7.212; θεοῖσι μέν νυν οὐκ ἰσούμενόν σ' . . κρίνοντες S.OT31, cf. 581, Hp.l.c.: abs., ἰσούμενος, opp. κρείττων, Pl. Phdr.239a; to be made level, of a bank, POxy.1674.7(iii A.D.).
