Ἰσθμός

Ἰσθμός

See also: ἰσθμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /istʰ.mós/ → /isθˈmos/ → /isθˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /istʰ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /istʰˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /isθˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /isθˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /isθˈmos/

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

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐῐ̈σθμῐ́ζω (diïsthmízō)
• Ῐ̓́σθμῐᾰ (Ísthmia)
• Ῐ̓σθμῐᾰ́ζω (Isthmiázō)
• Ῐ̓σθμῐᾱ́ς (Isthmiā́s)
• Ῐ̓σθμῐονῑ́κης (Isthmionī́kēs)
• Ῐ̓́σθμῐος (Ísthmios)
• Ῐ̓σθμόθεν (Isthmóthen)
• Ῐ̓σθμόθῐ (Isthmóthi)
• Ῐ̓σθμοῖ (Isthmoî)

 

Descendants

Descendants of Ῐ̓σθμός in other languages

• 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