ἰσοψηφία
See also: ισοψηφία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̓σο- (“iso-, ἴσος (“equal”) + ψῆφ(ος) (psêph(os), “voting pebble”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “feminine suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.sop.sɛː.pʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.sop.se̝ˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.sop.siˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.sop.siˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.sop.siˈfi.a/
Noun
ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ • (ĭsopsēphĭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- equality of votes
- equal right to vote, equal franchise
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ hē ĭsopsēphĭ́ā |
τὼ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭsopsēphĭ́ā |
αἱ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αι hai ĭsopsēphĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς tês ĭsopsēphĭ́ās |
τοῖν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αιν toîn ĭsopsēphĭ́ain |
τῶν ῐ̓σοψηφῐῶν tôn ĭsopsēphĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾳ tēî ĭsopsēphĭ́āi |
τοῖν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αιν toîn ĭsopsēphĭ́ain |
ταῖς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αις taîs ĭsopsēphĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱν tḕn ĭsopsēphĭ́ān |
τὼ ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ tṑ ĭsopsēphĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ĭsopsēphĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ ĭsopsēphĭ́ā |
ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́ᾱ ĭsopsēphĭ́ā |
ῐ̓σοψηφῐ́αι ĭsopsēphĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἴσος (ísos, “equal”)
- ψῆφος f (psêphos, “pebble; counter; vote”) and related terms
- ψηφοφορῐ́ᾱ f (psēphophorĭ́ā, “vote by ballot”)
Descendants
- Greek: ισοψηφία (isopsifía)
Further reading
- “ἰσοψηφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰσοψηφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσοψηφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette