Ἰσθμός
Ἰσθμ-ός,
οῦ , ὁ (
ἡ Inscr.Délos 353 A 29 ,
34 (iii B.C.), but
ὁ 354.29 , and v. infr.
11 ),
A). 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). 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 .
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 .)
ShortDef
Isthmus
neck, narrow passage of land between seas
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἰσθμός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ισθμος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-50972
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Ἰσθμ-ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">οῦ</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ὁ </span>(<span class="gen greek">ἡ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Délos</span> 353 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 29 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 34 </span> (iii B.C.), but <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span> <span class="bibl"> 354.29 </span>, and v. infr. <span class="bibl"> 11 </span>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">neck, narrow passage</span>, esp. of the body, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">neck</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:100:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:100.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 100.19 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἰ. καὶ ὅρος τῆς τε κεφαλῆς καὶ τοῦ στήθεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:69e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:69e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 69e </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">βίου βραχὺν ἰσθμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:568" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:568/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 568 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pharynx, fauces</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).961 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SA</span> 1.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">neck of land</span> between two seas, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">isthmus</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἰ. τῆς Χερσονήσου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.36 </a> ; of Athos, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κιμμερικός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:729" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:729/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 729 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἰ. τῆς Παλλήνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.56 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ Λευκαδίων ἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.81 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Ἰσθμός</span> (also <span class="orth greek">Ἰθμός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 507 </span> (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. foreg.) <span class="foreign greek">ὁ </span>(<span class="gen greek">ἡ</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span></span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.81 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.48/canonical-url/"> 8.48 </a>), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Isthmus</span> of Corinth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.40 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">Ἰσθμοῦ δειράς, αὐχὴν Ἰσθμοῦ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 1.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:2.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 2.7 </a>; dat. <span class="foreign greek">Ἰσθμῷ</span> prob. f.l. for <span class="ref greek">Ἰσθμοῖ</span> (q.v.) in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.18 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 13.15 </span>; but <span class="foreign greek">ἐν Ἰσθμῷ</span> correctly in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.27 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:81/canonical-url/"> 81 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">narrow ridge</span>, of the Caucasus, between Caspian and Euxine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:393b:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:393b.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 393b25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0084.tlg001:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.P.</span> 20 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of the sea, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strait, narrow channel,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Inscr.Délos</span> </span> Il.cc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg008.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg008.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hann.</span> 34 </a>. (Perh.fr. <span class="foreign greek">εἶμι</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ibo</span>), cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἴθμα, εἰς-ίθμη</span>, and the spellings <span class="foreign greek">Ἰθμός</span> (supr.), <span class="quote greek">Ἰθμο-νίκα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.951.10 </span> .)</div> </div><br><br>'}