ἐξῐσ-όω,
make equal or even, bring to a level with, τινί τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 425 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ἐξισώσῃς τάσδε τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς[[ [prev. work] 1507; ἐ. τοῖς μεγίστοις ἐγκλήμασι τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ζυγά bring the teams abreast, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 738 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, make oneself equal, δράκοντι μῆκος ἐξισουμένην σαύραν [[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 41.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be or become equal, with dative, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.34, 6.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 563a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be reduced to a level with, τινί [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be a match for, rival, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.97, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.52; πρός τινα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 put on a level, τοὺς πολίτας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 688, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.91, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 397a8 (_passive_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 passive, φύλοπις οὐκέτ᾽ ἐξισοῦται is levelled, equalized, i.e. resolved in harmony, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1072 (Lyric poetry); literal, ἐξισωθέντος τοῦ μέχρι τῶν τειχῶν διαστήματος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]levelled, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.3.5. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II intransitive, to be equal or like, μητρὶ δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐξισοῖ acts in no way like a mother, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1194; ἐ. τοῖς ἄλλοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τισί make a line of battle equal to the enemy's, [[ [prev. author] 5.71. ] Refs]