ἴσως,
Laconian dialect ϝίὡρ (see. βίωρ), adverb of ἴσος, equally, in like manner, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.11, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 758, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805a, etc.; ὡς ἰσαίτατα [prev. work] 744c ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; evenly, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II equally, with reference to equality, τὸ ὀρθὸν ληπτέον ἴσως [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283b40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; fairly, equitably, ἴ. καὶ κοινῶς Aen.[[ Tact. 22.24; οὐκ ἴ. οὐδὲ πολιτικῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.74; μηδὲν ἴ. καὶ δικαίως φρονοῦντας 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.40; οὐκ ἴσως χρήσασθαί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.2.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III probably, perhaps, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 33, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.124, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 319, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 144, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 473b, etc.; ἴ. που 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 518; οὔτε συμφόρως οὔτ᾽ ἴ. καλῶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.10; οὐκ ἴσως, ἀλλ᾽ ὄντως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 965c: ironical, σμικρά γε ἴ. προσθήκη [prev. author] “R.” 339b: frequently joined with ἄν or τάχ᾽ ἄν, e.g. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 691, 1009, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31a; ἀμφισβητοῦντες προστιθέασιν ἀεὶ τὸ ἴσως καὶ τάχα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389b18: ἴσως without ἄν] Refs 7th c.BC+] with optative is falsa lectio in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 727, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1055 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴ. μέν.., ἴ. δέ.. perhaps so or so, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.2: repeated ἴ., ἴ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1320, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: used to soften or qualify a positive assertion, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 661, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 224, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c, “Phdr.” 233e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 987a26, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]