ἰσοδύναμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos, “equal, equivalent”) +‎ δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force, power, strength, authority, value, meaning”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.so.dý.na.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.soˈdy.na.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈðy.na.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈðy.na.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.soˈði.na.mos/

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.so.dý.na.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.soˈdy.na.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈðy.na.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.soˈðy.na.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.soˈði.na.mos/

Adjective

ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος • (isodŭ́nămos) m or f (neuter ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον); second declension

equal in force, power, or strength
- 150 CE – 250 CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Problems 1.135
- 625 CE – 690 CE, Paul of Aegina, Medical Compendium in Seven Books 2.30, (of drugs):^[1]
  μάλιστα δὲ αὐτοῖς ἁρμόττουσιν αἱ θριδακίναι καὶ τὰ ταύταις ἰσοδύναμα· ἔξωθεν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς μὲν ὁ τῆς θριδακίνης χυλὸς ἐπιτήδειος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀειζῴου, ὅσα τ’ ἄλλα ψύχοντα.
  málista dè autoîs harmóttousin hai thridakínai kaì tà taútais isodúnama; éxōthen dè kaì autòs mèn ho tês thridakínēs khulòs epitḗdeios, allà kaì aeizōíou, hósa t’ álla psúkhonta.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
equivalent in meaning
- 550 CE – 650 CE, Menander Protector, Collected Works 24D
equal in value; (generally, construed with the dative) equivalent
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 4 Maccabees 3.15
uses of the adverb
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius Thessalonicensis 72.33:
  ἔχειν
  ékhein
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.2.483

Declension

Second declension of ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος; ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμος isodŭ́nămos	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον isodŭ́nămon	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμοι isodŭ́nămoi	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμᾰ isodŭ́nămă
Genitive	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μου isodŭnắmou	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μου isodŭnắmou	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοιν isodŭnắmoin	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοιν isodŭnắmoin	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μων isodŭnắmōn	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μων isodŭnắmōn
Dative	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μῳ isodŭnắmōi	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μῳ isodŭnắmōi	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοιν isodŭnắmoin	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοιν isodŭnắmoin	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοις isodŭnắmois	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μοις isodŭnắmois
Accusative	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον isodŭ́nămon	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον isodŭ́nămon	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μους isodŭnắmous	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμᾰ isodŭ́nămă
Vocative	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμε isodŭ́năme	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμον isodŭ́nămon	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μω isodŭnắmō	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμοι isodŭ́nămoi	ἰσοδῠ́νᾰμᾰ isodŭ́nămă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μως isodŭnắmōs		—		—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰσοδῠνᾰμέω (isodŭnăméō, verb)
ἰσοδῠνᾰμῐ́ᾱ f (isodŭnămĭ́ā, noun)
ἰσοδῠνᾰ́μως (isodŭnắmōs, adverb)

Descendants

⇒ English: isodynamic, isodynamical, isodynamous