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ἰσθμ-ός

isthmos

small entry, spit of land, strait of earth or sea, neck

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What it meant

1. ἰσθμός · isthmos — Beekes

ἰσθμός [m.] ‘small entry, spit of land, strait of earth or sea, neck’, especially as a TN of the strait of Corinth (IA). VAR Also fem., after ἡ ὁδός, etc. (cf. Schwyzer 1950: 34°). *COMP As a second member with a suffix -to- in the hypostasis παρ-ίσθμια [n.pl., sg.] ‘fauces, tonsils’ (Hp., Arist.). *DER ἴσθμιος “belonging to the Isthmos’ (Pi. trag.), τὸ ἴσθμιον ‘collar’ (σ 300), τὰ ἴσθμια ‘fauces’ (Hp.); … — [Beekes, s.v. ἰσθμός, p. 646]

2. ἰσθμός · isthmos — Chantraine

ἰσθμός (11. 5,738 ; 14,495, Ηρ., Arist., οἵ); ἰνώδης « tendineux, fibreux» (X., Arist., Thphr., etc.); ἰναία ’ δύναμις (Hsch.). Verbes dénominatifs : ἰνόω « renforcer » (Hdn.), ἐξινόω « enlever les nerfs, détruire » (Lyc.), ἐξινίζω (Gal), -ἰνιάζω (Peripl. M. Rubr., Ath.) ; en outre, ivebet * τείνει (Hsch.). — [Chantraine, s.v. ἰσθμός, p. 483]

3. ἰσθμ-ός · isthm-os — LSJ

neck, narrow passage, neck

neck, narrow passage, esp. of the body, neck, Emp. 100.19; ἰ. καὶ ὅρος τῆς τε κεφαλῆς καὶ τοῦ στήθεος Pl. Ti. 69e: metaph., βίου βραχὺν ἰσθμόν S. Fr. 568 (lyr.).

2 pharynx, fauces

pharynx, fauces, Gal. 18(2).961, Aret. SA 1.6.

II neck of land, isthmus

neck of land between two seas, isthmus, ὁ ἰ. τῆς Χερσονήσου Hdt. 6.36; of Athos, Id. 7.22; Κιμμερικός A. Pr. 729; ὁ ἰ. τῆς Παλλήνης Th. 1.56; ὁ Λευκαδίων ἰ. Id. 3.81.

2 the Isthmus

Ἰσθμός (also Ἰθμός SIG 507 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. foreg.) ὁ (ἡ in Pi., as O. 7.81, 8.48), the Isthmus of Corinth, Hdt. 8.40, etc.; Ἰσθμοῦ δειράς, αὐχὴν Ἰσθμοῦ, Pi. I. 1.9, B. 2.7; dat. Ἰσθμῷ prob. f.l. for Ἰσθμοῖ (q.v.) in Th. 5.18, AP 13.15; but ἐν Ἰσθμῷ correctly in Hdt. 9.27, 81.

3 narrow ridge

narrow ridge, of the Caucasus, between Caspian and Euxine, Arist. Mu. 393b25, D.P. 20.

4 strait, narrow channel

of the sea, strait, narrow channel, Inscr.Délos Il.cc., App. Hann. 34. (Perh.fr. εἶμι (ibo), cf. ἴθμα, εἰσ-ίθμη, and the spellings Ἰθμός (supr.), Ἰθμο-νίκα IG 4.951.10.)

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