I.equal to, the same as, c. dat., or absol. equal, like, Hom., etc.:— ἴσα πρὸς ἴσα "measure for measure, " Hdt.; of the mixture of wine with water, ἴσος οἶνος ἴσῳ ὕδατι κεκραμένος Comici; metaph., μηδὲν ἴσον ἴσῳ φέρων not mixing half and half, i. e. not giving tit for tat, Ar.
II.equally divided, equal, Hom., Soph.:— τὰ ἴσα an equal share, fair measure, Hdt., Soph.:— ἴσαι (sc. ψῆφοι) votes equally divided, Ar.
2.at Athens, of the equal division of all civic rights, Thuc., etc.:— τὰ ἴσα equal rights, equality, Dem.:—also, ἡ ἴση καὶ ὁμοία (sc. δίκη) Thuc., etc.; ἐπ᾽ ἴσῃ τε καὶ ὁμοίῃ on fair and equal terms, Hdt.
III.of persons, fair, impartial, Soph., Plat., etc.
IV.of ground, even, level, flat, Lat. aequus, εἰς τὸ ἴσον καταβαίνειν, of an army, Xen.
V.adv., ἴσως, v. sub voc.:—but there are other adverbial forms,
1.neut. sg., ἶσον Κηρί even as Death, Il.; ἶσον ἐμοί like me, id=Il., etc.; ἴσον τῷ πρίν equally as before, Eur.; followed by καί, ἴσα καί . . like as, as if, Lat. aeque ac, Soph., etc.:—absol. alike, id=Soph.
2.with Preps.: —ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης equally, Lat. ex aequo, Thuc.; ἀπ᾽ ἴσης Dem.:— ἐν ἴσῳ equally, Thuc., etc.;— ἐξ ἴσου Hdt., attic:— ἐπὶ ἴσης, later ἐπίσης, Hdt., attic
VI.attic comp. ἰσαίτερος Eur., etc.
