Ἰσθμός

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See also: ἰσθμός

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck of land between two seas”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̓σθμός • (Isthmós) m (genitive Ῐ̓σθμοῦ); second declension

  1. Isthmus of Corinth
  2. narrow ridge of Caucasus, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea
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Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῐ̓σθμός; τοῦ Ῐ̓σθμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῐ̓σθμός
ho Isthmós
Genitive τοῦ Ῐ̓σθμοῦ
toû Isthmoû
Dative τῷ Ῐ̓σθμῷ
tôi Isthmôi
Accusative τὸν Ῐ̓σθμόν
tòn Isthmón
Vocative Ῐ̓σθμέ
Isthmé
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Derived terms

Descendants

Ῐ̓σθμός
  • Greek: Ισθμός (Isthmós)
  • Latin: Isthmus

References

  • “Ἰσθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ἰσθμός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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