ἰσονομία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓σονομῐ́η (isonomíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) +‎ νόμος (nómos, “law”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.so.no.mí.aː/ → /i.so.noˈmi.a/ → /i.so.noˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.so.no.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.so.noˈmi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ • (isonomíā) f (genitive ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. an equal distribution, equal proportion, equilibrium
2. equal rights, equality

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ hē isonomíā	τὼ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ tṑ isonomíā	αἱ ῐ̓σονομῐ́αι hai isonomíai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς tês isonomíās	τοῖν ῐ̓σονομῐ́αιν toîn isonomíain	τῶν ῐ̓σονομῐῶν tôn isonomiôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾳ têi isonomíāi	τοῖν ῐ̓σονομῐ́αιν toîn isonomíain	ταῖς ῐ̓σονομῐ́αις taîs isonomíais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱν tḕn isonomíān	τὼ ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ tṑ isonomíā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱς tā̀s isonomíās
Vocative	ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ isonomíā	ῐ̓σονομῐ́ᾱ isonomíā	ῐ̓σονομῐ́αι isonomíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: isonomia, isonomy

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.