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ἀνι^σόω ,
A.equalize, balance, Pl.Plt.289e; ὁ σίδηρος τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς ἀ. τοῖς ἰσχυροῖς puts them on a par with . ., X.Cyr.7.5.65; of giving late-comers an equal share of wine, AB80, Hsch. (cf. ἀνίσωμα):— Pass., to be equal in a thing “πλήθεϊ ἀνισωθῆναι” Hdt.7.103:—Med., make oneself equal, contend with, “ζυγαίναις” Opp.H.5.37.
II. make smooth, level, “στενωπούς” J.BJ5.5.1:—Pass., ibid.
B. ῾ἄνισος) make unequal, Phlp.in Ph.364.16 (Pass.), Dam.Pr.401 (Pass.), Elias in Cat.200.22.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.103
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 5.5.1
    • Plato, Statesman, 289e
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.5.65
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