ὡς ἰσαίτατα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

ὡς ῐ̓σαίτᾰτᾰ • (hōs ĭsaítătă)

  1. as equally as possible
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 5.744c:
      τὰς τιμάς τε καὶ ἀρχὰς ὡς ἰσαίτατα τῷ ἀνίσῳ συμμέτρῳ δὲ ἀπολαμβάνοντες
      tàs timás te kaì arkhàs hōs isaítata tōî anísōi summétrōi dè apolambánontes
      receiving honors and offices as equally as possible by the rule of symmetrical inequality
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians:
      τοὺς δ’ ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας διανεῖμαι σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τέτταρα μέρη ὡς ἰσαίτατα
      toùs d’ hekatòn ándras dianeîmai sphâs te autoùs kaì toùs állous téttara mérē hōs isaítata
      for the Hundred Men to divide themselves and the others into four divisions as equally as possible