ἰσοσκελής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) +‎ σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.sos.ke.lɛ̌ːs/ → /i.sos.ceˈlis/ → /i.sos.ceˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.sos.ke.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.sos.keˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.sos.ceˈlis/

Adjective

ἰσοσκελής • (isoskelḗs) m or f (neuter ἰσοσκελές); third declension

1. (geometry, of triangles) Having two sides equal, isosceles
2. (mathematics, of numbers) Able to be divided into two parts, even
3. (rhetoric, of periods) Containing two equal parts
4. (medicine, of bandages) Having similarly shaped ends

Inflection

Third declension of ἰσοσκελής; ἰσοσκελές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἰσοσκελής isoskelḗs	ἰσοσκελές isoskelés		ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî	ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî		ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs	ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê
Genitive		ἰσοσκελοῦς isoskeloûs	ἰσοσκελοῦς isoskeloûs		ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn	ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn		ἰσοσκελῶν isoskelôn	ἰσοσκελῶν isoskelôn
Dative		ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî	ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî		ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn	ἰσοσκελοῖν isoskeloîn		ἰσοσκελέσῐ / ἰσοσκελέσῐν isoskelésĭ(n)	ἰσοσκελέσῐ / ἰσοσκελέσῐν isoskelésĭ(n)
Accusative		ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê	ἰσοσκελές isoskelés		ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî	ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî		ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs	ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê
Vocative		ἰσοσκελές isoskelés	ἰσοσκελές isoskelés		ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî	ἰσοσκελεῖ isoskeleî		ἰσοσκελεῖς isoskeleîs	ἰσοσκελῆ isoskelê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἰσοσκελῶς isoskelôs			ἰσοσκελέστερος isoskelésteros			ἰσοσκελέστᾰτος isoskeléstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: īsoscelēs
  • English: isosceles
  • Italian: isoscele
  • Sicilian: isòscili

References

• “ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰσοσκελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • isosceles idem, page 461.