ἴσως: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Lacon. ϝίὡρ (v. [[βίωρ]]), Adv. of [[ἴσος]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[equally]], [[in like manner]], Sapph.''Supp.''25.11, S.''Ph.''758, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''805a, etc.; <b class="b3">ὡς ἰσαίτατα</b> ib.744c; [[evenly]], Hp.''Off.''3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[equally]], [[with reference to equality]], τὸ ὀρθὸν ληπτέον ἴσως Arist.''Pol.''1283b40; [[fairly]], [[equitably]], <b class="b3">ἴ. καὶ κοινῶς</b> Aen. Tact.22.24; οὐκ ἴ. οὐδὲ πολιτικῶς D.10.74; μηδὲν ἴ. καὶ δικαίως φρονοῦντας D.H.10.40; οὐκ ἴσως χρήσασθαί τινι Plb.23.2.7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[probably]], [[perhaps]], Alc.''Supp.''33, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.124, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''319, S.''Ph.''144, Pl. ''Grg.''473b, etc.; ἴ. που E.''El.''518; οὔτε συμφόρως οὔτ' ἴ. καλῶς D.5.10; οὐκ ἴσως, ἀλλ' ὄντως [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''965c: ironical, σμικρά γε ἴ. προσθήκη Id.''R.''339b: freq. joined with [[ἄν]] or <b class="b3">τάχ' ἄν</b>, e.g. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''691, 1009, Pl.''Ap.'' 31a; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τάχα Arist.''Rh.'' 1389b18: [[ἴσως]] without [[ἄν]] c. opt. is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in A.''Supp.''727, E.''IT''1055; <b class="b3">ἴ. μέν... ἴ. δέ..</b> [[perhaps]] so or so, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.3.2: repeated ἴ., ἴ. Ar.''Nu.'' 1320, D.3.33: used to soften or qualify a positive assertion, S.''OC''661, Ar.''Ra.''224, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 61c, ''Phdr.''233e, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''987a26, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> with numerals, [[about]], Ar.''Pl.''1058, Damox.3.2.