ἰσοσκελής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗsm 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

Descendants

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.