ἰσοδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.so.dǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /ˈi.soˈðɛ.mon/ → /ˈi.soˈðe.mon/

• (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
		ῐ̓σοδαιμώνως ĭsodaimṓnōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Isodaemon