ἴσθμιον,τό, (ἰσθμός)
A. anything belonging to the neckorthroat, necklace, Od. 18.300 .
2. ἴσθμια,τά ,pharynx, fauces, Hp. Dent. 21 , Nic. Al. 191 , 615 , unless = παρίσθμια .
II. neck of a bottle,ἴσθμιον ἀμφιφορῆοςPoet. ap. Suid. ;big-bellied bottle with a long neck, Cypr. word in Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11.472e ; v. ἴσφνιον .
2. curb-stoneof a well, Phot. , Moer.
3. part of dagger, perh. theguard, 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.; Ἴσθμι' ἐνίκα
Simon. 153
, cf. IG 12.606 ; Ἴσθμια . . ἐστεφανώθην
Simon. 188
; στέφος Ἴσθμι' ἑλών
Id. 158
.