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ἴσθμιον

ἴσθμιον, anything on the neck, a necklace

ἴσθμιον, τό, (ἰσθμός)
  • anything belonging to the neck or throat, necklace, Od. 18.300.
      • 2 ἴσθμια, τά, pharynx, fauces, Hp. Dent. 21, Nic. Al. 191, 615, unless = παρίσθμια.
    • II 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 of a well, Phot., Moer.
      • 3 part of dagger, perh. the guard, Philet. ap. Ath. 15.677c.
    • III isthmus, Hsch.
    • IV 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.

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