Ἰσθμός

See also: ἰσθμός

Ancient Greek

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

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

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
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