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ἰσθμός

ἰσθμός, neck, narrow passage of land between seas

ἰσθμ-ός, οῦ, ὁ (ἡ Inscr.Délos 353A 29, 34 (iii B.C.), but ὁ 354.29, and v. infr. ΙΙ),
  • 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, Gal. 18(2).961, Aret. SA 1.6.
    • II 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 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, of the Caucasus, between Caspian and Euxine, Arist. Mu. 393b25, D.P. 20.
      • 4 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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