ἰσοψηφία

ἰσοψηφία

See also: ισοψηφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̓σο- (“iso-, ἴσος (“equal”) +‎ ψῆφ(ος) (psêph(os), “voting pebble”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, “feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.sop.sɛː.pʰí.aː/ → /i.sop.siˈɸi.a/ → /i.sop.siˈfi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.sop.sɛː.pʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.sop.se̝ˈpʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.sop.siˈɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.sop.siˈfi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.sop.siˈfi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ • (isopsēphíā) f (genitive ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. equality of votes
2. equal right to vote, equal franchise

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ hē isopsēphíā	τὼ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ tṑ isopsēphíā	αἱ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αι hai isopsēphíai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς tês isopsēphíās	τοῖν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αιν toîn isopsēphíain	τῶν ῐ̓σοψηφῐῶν tôn isopsēphiôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾳ têi isopsēphíāi	τοῖν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αιν toîn isopsēphíain	ταῖς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αις taîs isopsēphíais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱν tḕn isopsēphíān	τὼ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ tṑ isopsēphíā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s isopsēphíās
Vocative	ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ isopsēphíā	ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ isopsēphíā	ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αι isopsēphíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἴσος (ísos, “equal”)
• ψῆφος f (psêphos, “pebble; counter; vote”) and related terms
• ψηφοφορῐ́ᾱ f (psēphophoríā, “vote by ballot”)

Descendants

• Greek: ισοψηφία (isopsifía)

Further reading

• “ἰσοψηφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰσοψηφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰσοψηφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette