ἰσότιμος

A. equal in honour or privilege, Απόλλων (i.e. sharing the honours paid to Zeus) OGI 234.25 (Delph., iii B.C.), CR Acad.Inscr. 1906.419 (Alabanda); ὁ θεὸς . . ‐ον παρέχι τράπεζαν τοῖς ὁποθενοῦν ἀφικνουμένοις BCH 51.73 (Panamara); πίστις 2 Ep.Pet. 1.1; οἱ πρῶτοι καὶ ἰ. Plu. Lys. 19, cf. Wilcken Chr. 13.10 (i A.D.), Luc. D Mort. 24.3, etc.; πόλεις τισί D.Chr. 41.2: Comp. ‐ότεροι, τοῖς κρατοῦσιν Id. 39.4; τὸ ἰ.,= ἰσοτιμία, Ph. 2.246; of a person, maintaining equality of privilege, Hdn. 2.4.9. Adv. ‐μως, τινάς τισιν ἄγειν Ath. 5.177c; ζῶντα δικαίως καὶ ἰ. OGI 544.34 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), cf. CIG 4032.5 (ibid.), IGRom. 3.195 (ibid.); ἰ. ἔχουσι πρὸς ἀλλήλους οἱ ὅροι Phlp. in APr. 167.14, cf. Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 241.11.

2. generally, equal in value: hence, equal, ἁμάρτημα ἀκούσιον ἰ. ἑκουσίῳ Ph. 2.248; τὸ ἰ. δυσέφικτον ἐν ταῖς ἀμοιβαῖς Hdn. 2.3.6; ἰ. μάχη evenly balanced, Ael. NA 10.1.

3. as title of rank at the Ptolemaic court, τῶν ἰσοτίμων τοῖς πρώτοις φίλοις PRyl. 66 intr., 253 (ii B.C.), Arch.Pap. 6.372.