ἐξιςόω

A. make equal or even, bring to a level with, τινί τινα S. OT 425; μηδ’ ἐξισώσῃς τάσδε τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ib.1507; ἐ. τοῖς μεγίστοις ἐγκλήμασι τὸ πρᾶγμα Antipho 4.2.1; ἐ. ζυγά bring the teams abreast, S. El. 738:—Med., make oneself equal, δράκοντι μῆκος ἐξισουμένην σαύραν Babr. 41.2:—Pass., to be or become equal, c. dat., Hdt. 2.34,6.111, Pl. R. 563a, etc.; to be reduced to a level with, τινί Hdt. 8.13; to be a match for, rival, Th. 2.97, D.S. 2.52; πρός τινα Plu. Agis 7.

2. put on a level, τοὺς πολίτας Ar. Ra. 688, cf. Isoc. 4.91, Arist. Mu. 397a8 (Pass.).

3. Pass., φύλοπις οὐκέτ’ ἐξισοῦται is levelled, equalized, i.e. resolved in harmony, S. El. 1072 (lyr.); lit., ἐξισωθέντος τοῦ μέχρι τῶν τειχῶν διαστήματος levelled, J. BJ 5.3.5.

II. intr., to be equal or like, μητρὶ δ’ οὐδὲν ἐξισοῖ acts in no way like a mother, S. El. 1194; ἐ. τοῖς ἄλλοις Th. 6.87; τισί make a line of battle equal to the enemy's, Id. 5.71.