Isthmus

Isthmus or -os, i, m., = Ἰσθμός,

• a strip of land between two seas, an isthmus, Mel. 1, 18; 2, 2.—
• • B Esp., the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Isthmian games were celebrated, Caes. B. C. 3, 55, 2; Liv. 45, 28, 2 sq.; Plin. 4, 1, 5, § 12; Cic. Fat. 4, 7; Suet. Ner. 19; Mel. 2, 3; Ov. M. 7, 406. —
  • C Transf., poet., a strait, viz., the Dardanelles, Prop. 3, 21, 1 (4, 22, 2).—
• II Derivv.
• • A Isthmĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἴσθμιος, of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian: ludi, Liv. 33, 32: labor, Hor. C. 4, 3, 3: Dione, i. e. Venus, who had a temple at Corinth, Stat. S. 2, 7, 2.—Esp. freq. subst.: Isthmĭa, ōrum, n., = τὰ Ἴσθμια, the Isthmian games, celebrated every five years at the Isthmus of Corinth, the victors in which received a pine garland, Liv. 33, 32; Curt. 4, 5, 8; cf. Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—
  • B Isthmĭăcus (Isth-mĭcus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Isthmus, Isthmian: harena, Stat. Th. 6, 557: litus, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 463: coloni, i. e. Syracusans (as a colony of Corinth), Sil. 14, 341; cf. favillae, Stat. S. 2, 2, 68.—Form Isthmicus, Mel. 2, 3; Val. Max. 4, 8, 5.

Isthmus u. -os, ī, m. (ἰσθμός), eine Landenge, a) die Landenge, die die Halbinsel der Propontis, auf der Cyzikus in Mysien lag, mit dem Festlande verband, Prop. 3, 22, 2. – b) vorzugsw. die Landenge bei Korinth, wo die isthmischen Kampfspiele abgehalten wurden, der Isthmus, Caes. b. c. 3, 55, 2. Liv. 32, 21, 26 u. bes. 45, 28, 2 sq. Prop. 3, 21, 22: bimaris, Ov. met. 6, 419 u. 420; 7, 405: Ephyreius (korinthische), Rutil. Nam. 1, 319: u. so (als fem.) Ephyraea, Apul. met. 1, 1. – Dav.: A) Isthmiacus, a, um (Ἰσθμιακός), isthmisch, spectaculum, Stat.: Isthmiaci coloni, v. den Syrakusanern (als Abkömmlingen der Korinther), Sil. – B) Isthmicus, a, um (Ἰσθμικός), isthmisch, spectaculum, Val. Max. 4, 8, 5. – C) Isthmius, a, um (Ἴσθμιος), isthmisch, Dione (die in Korinth einen Tempel hatte), Stat.: labor, in den isthmischen Kampfspielen, Hor. – Plur. subst., Isthmia, ōrum, n., die isthmischen Kampfspiele, Liv.

Isthmus or -os ī, m

• , Ἰσθμός, the Isthmus of Corinth, Cs., C., L., O.

ISTHMUS

ISTHMUS[CORINTHUSp. 682, seq.]

Isthmus

(ἰσθμός). A small neck of land which joins a country to another and prevents the sea from making them separate, such as that of Corinth joining the Peloponnesus to Greece prior to 1893, when it was cut by a canal. This is often called “the Isthmus” by way of eminence. See Corinthiacus Isthmus.