ἴσθμιον · isthmion — LSJ
anything belonging to the neck, throat, necklace
anything belonging to the neck or throat, necklace, Od. 18.300.
2 pharynx, fauces
ἴσθμια, τά, pharynx, fauces, Hp. Dent. 21, Nic. Al. 191, 615, unless = παρίσθμια.
II neck of a bottle, big-bellied bottle with a long neck
neck of a bottle, ἴσθμιον ἀμφιφορῆος Poet. ap. Suid.; big-bellied bottle with a long neck, Cypr. word in Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11.472e; v. ἴσφνιον.
2 curb-stone
curb-stone of a well, Phot., Moer.
3 guard
part of dagger, perh. the guard, Philet. ap. Ath. 15.677c.
III isthmus
isthmus, Hsch.
IV the Isthmian games
Ἴσθμια (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Isthmian games, held on the Isthmus of Corinth, Ar. Pax 879, etc.; Ἴσθμιʼ ἐνίκα Simon. 153, cf. IG 1(2).606; Ἴσθμια . . ἐστεφανώθην Simon. 188; στέφος Ἴσθμιʼ ἑλών Id. 158.