Ἰσθμός

See also: ἰσθμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῐ̓σθμός • (Ĭsthmós) 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 Ĭsthmós
Genitive τοῦ Ῐ̓σθμοῦ
toû Ĭsthmoû
Dative τῷ Ῐ̓σθμῷ
tōî Ĭsthmōî
Accusative τὸν Ῐ̓σθμόν
tòn Ĭsthmón
Vocative Ῐ̓σθμέ
Ĭsthmé
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δῐῐ̈σθμῐ́ζω (dĭĭ̈sthmĭ́zō)
  • Ῐ̓́σθμῐᾰ (Ĭ́sthmĭă)
  • Ῐ̓σθμῐᾰ́ζω (Ĭsthmĭắzō)
  • Ῐ̓σθμῐᾱ́ς (Ĭsthmĭā́s)
  • Ῐ̓σθμῐονῑ́κης (Ĭsthmĭonī́kēs)
  • Ῐ̓́σθμῐος (Ĭ́sthmĭos)
  • Ῐ̓σθμόθεν (Ĭsthmóthen)
  • Ῐ̓σθμόθῐ (Ĭsthmóthĭ)
  • Ῐ̓σθμοῖ (Ĭsthmoî)

Descendants

Descendants
  • 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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