Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἴσθμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἴσθμιος ἴσθμιη ἴσθμιον

Structure: ἰσθμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Isthmian

Examples

  • Μᾶτερ, ὤμοι, μόναν δή μ’ Ἀχαιοὶ κομί‐ ζουσι σέθεν ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων κυανέαν ἐπὶ ναῦν εἰναλίαισι πλάταισ ἢ Σαλαμῖν’ ἱερὰν ἢ δίπορον κορυφὰν Ἴσθμιον, ἔνθα πύλασ Πέλοποσ ἔχουσιν ἕδραι. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, strophe 24)
  • χωρῶν δίναισ ταῖσ Ἀλφειοῦ παιδούργει, ἢ νάποσ Ἴσθμιον, ὡσ ἀναθήματα μὴ βλάπτηται ναοί θ’ οἱ Φοίβου. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests17)
  • "Ἴσθμιον στέφανον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 20 1:4)
  • "λέγω δὲ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ φρέατοσ καὶ τοῦ ἐγχειριδίου ἴσθμιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 20 1:7)
  • Τιμαχίδασ δὲ καὶ Σιμμίασ οἱ Ῥόδιοι ἀποδιδόασιν ἓν ἀνθ’ ἑνὸσ "Ἴσθμιον, στέφανον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 20 1:8)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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