ἰσονομία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῐ̓σονομῐ́η (ĭsonomĭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.so.no.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
Noun
ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ • (ĭsonomĭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- an equal distribution, equal proportion, equilibrium
- equal rights, equality
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ hē ĭsonomĭ́ā |
τὼ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭsonomĭ́ā |
αἱ ῐ̓σονομῐ́αι hai ĭsonomĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς tês ĭsonomĭ́ās |
τοῖν ῐ̓σονομῐ́αιν toîn ĭsonomĭ́ain |
τῶν ῐ̓σονομῐῶν tôn ĭsonomĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾳ tēî ĭsonomĭ́āi |
τοῖν ῐ̓σονομῐ́αιν toîn ĭsonomĭ́ain |
ταῖς ῐ̓σονομῐ́αις taîs ĭsonomĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱν tḕn ĭsonomĭ́ān |
τὼ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭsonomĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ĭsonomĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ ĭsonomĭ́ā |
ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ ĭsonomĭ́ā |
ῐ̓σονομῐ́αι ĭsonomĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “ἰσονομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰσονομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσονομία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- equality idem, page 280.