neck, narrow passage
Ἰσθμ-ός,οῦ , ὁ(ἡ
Inscr.Délos 353
A 29 , 34
(iii B.C.), butὁ
354.29 , andv.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. pharynx, fauces, Gal. 18(2).961 , Aret. SA 1.6 .
II. neck of landbetween two seas,isthmus, ὁ ἰ. τῆς Χερσονήσου
Hdt. 6.36
; of Athos, Id. 7.22 ; Κιμμερικός
A. Pr. 729
; ὁ ἰ. τῆς Παλλήνης
Th. 1.56
;ὁ Λευκαδίων ἰ. Id. 3.81 .
2. Ἰσθμός(alsoἸθμός
SIG 507 (Delph.,iii B.C.), cf. foreg.)ὁ(ἡin Pi. , as O. 7.81 , 8.48 ),the Isthmusof Corinth, Hdt. 8.40 , etc.;Ἰσθμοῦ δειράς, αὐχὴν Ἰσθμοῦ, Pi. I. 1.9 , B. 2.7 ; dat.Ἰσθμῷprob. f.l. for Ἰσθμοῖ (q.v.) in Th. 5.18 , AP 13.15 ; butἐν Ἰσθμῷcorrectly in Hdt. 9.27 , 81 .
3. narrow ridge, of the Caucasus, between Caspian and Euxine, Arist. Mu. 393b25 , D.P. 20 .
4. of the sea,strait, narrow channel,
Inscr.Délos Il.cc., App. Hann. 34 . (Perh.fr.εἶμι(ibo), cf.ἴθμα, εἰσ-ίθμη, and the spellingsἸθμός(supr.), Ἰθμο-νίκα
IG 4.951.10
.)
