ἰσοδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos, “equal (to)”) +‎ δαίμων (daímōn, “a god”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.so.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soˈdɛ.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soˈðɛ.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soˈðe.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soˈðe.mon/

Adjective

ἰσοδαίμων • (isodaímōn) m or f (neuter ῐ̓́σοδαίμων); third declension^[1]

Godlike, similar or equal to a god.
- c. 500 - 400 B.C., Aeschylus, Πέρσαι‎^[1]:
  ἦ ῥ’ ἀίει μοι μακαρίτας ἰσοδαίμων βασιλεὺς
  βάρβαρα σαφηνῆ
  ἱέντος τὰ παναίολ’ αἰανῆ
  δύσθροα βάγματα;
  ê rh’ aíei moi makarítas isodaímōn basileùs
  bárbara saphēnê
  hiéntos tà panaíol’ aianê
  dústhroa bágmata?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ῐ̓σοδαίμων; ῐ̓σοδαίμων (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̓σοδαίμων ĭsodaímōn	ῐ̓σοδαίμων ĭsodaímōn	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνες ĭsodaímōnes	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνᾰ ĭsodaímōnă
Genitive	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνος ĭsodaímōnos	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνος ĭsodaímōnos	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνοιν ĭsodaimṓnoin	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνοιν ĭsodaimṓnoin	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνων ĭsodaimṓnōn	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνων ĭsodaimṓnōn
Dative	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνῐ ĭsodaímōnĭ	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνῐ ĭsodaímōnĭ	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνοιν ĭsodaimṓnoin	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνοιν ĭsodaimṓnoin	ῐ̓σοδαίμωσῐ / ῐ̓σοδαίμωσῐν ĭsodaímōsĭ(n)	ῐ̓σοδαίμωσῐ / ῐ̓σοδαίμωσῐν ĭsodaímōsĭ(n)
Accusative	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνᾰ ĭsodaímōnă	ῐ̓σοδαίμων ĭsodaímōn	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνᾰς ĭsodaímōnăs	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνᾰ ĭsodaímōnă
Vocative	ῐ̓σοδαίμων ĭsodaímōn	ῐ̓σοδαίμων ĭsodaímōn	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνε ĭsodaímōne	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνες ĭsodaímōnes	ῐ̓σοδαίμωνᾰ ĭsodaímōnă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ῐ̓σοδαιμώνως ĭsodaimṓnōs		—		—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Isodaemon

References

^ "ἰσοδαίμων, ADJ" in Scaife ATLAS, Version 2.

[1] "ἰσοδαίμων, ADJ" in Scaife ATLAS, Version 2.

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