ἰσοσκελής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.sos.ke.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.sos.keˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/
Adjective
ἰσοσκελής • (isoskelḗs) m or f (neuter ἰσοσκελές); third declension
- (geometry, of triangles) Having two sides equal, isosceles
- (mathematics, of numbers) Able to be divided into two parts, even
- (rhetoric, of periods) Containing two equal parts
- (medicine, of bandages) Having similarly shaped ends
Inflection
Third declension of ἰσοσκελής; ἰσοσκελές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἰσοσκελής isoskelḗs | ἰσοσκελές isoskelés | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs | ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἰσοσκελοῦς isoskeloûs | ἰσοσκελοῦς isoskeloûs | ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn | ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn | ἰσοσκελῶν isoskelôn | ἰσοσκελῶν isoskelôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn | ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn | ἰσοσκελέσῐ / ἰσοσκελέσῐν isoskelési(n) | ἰσοσκελέσῐ / ἰσοσκελέσῐν isoskelési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê | ἰσοσκελές isoskelés | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs | ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἰσοσκελές isoskelés | ἰσοσκελές isoskelés | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî | ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs | ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἰσοσκελῶς isoskelôs | ἰσοσκελέστερος isoskelésteros | ἰσοσκελέστᾰτος isoskeléstatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: īsoscelēs
- English: isosceles
- Italian: isoscele
- Sicilian: isòscili
References
- “ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- isosceles idem, page 461.