isthmus

isthmus [CL < ἰσθμός] , (anat.) narrow passage, esp. throat. catarrus fluens ad uvulam vel ysmon vel stomachum Gilb. III 151. 1; forsitan deviaret materia ad ysmon vel gulam Ib. IV 276v. 2; †ysinon [l. ysmon] est inter ysofagum et tracheam arteriam SB 26; pirichuma est apostema juxta †ysinon Alph. 145; hoc esmum, a trype WW.

isthmus (12) (-ŏs), ī, m. (ἰσθμός), ¶ 1 isthme, et surtout lʼisthme de Corinthe : Cic. Fato 7 ; Cæs. C. 3, 55, 2 ; Liv. 45, 28, 2 ¶ 2 détroit : Prop. 3, 21, 1.

➳ fém. d. Apul. M. 1, 1.

isthmus Isthmus of Corinth

• Paus. 2.1.5
• belongs to Poseidon: Paus. 2.1.6
• Melicertes buried on it: Paus. 2.1.3
• graves of Neleus and Sisyphus on it: Paus. 2.2.2
• vain attempt to cut it through: Paus. 2.1.5
• Greek council of war there: Hdt. 7.172
• decision to guard it: Hdt. 8.40
• to withdraw the fleet thither from Salamis: Hdt. 8.56
• decision reversed: Hdt. 8.63
• idea of fortifying it against Gauls: Paus. 7.6.7, Hdt. 8.71
• Peloponnesian policy of holding it: Hdt. 9.7-10
• Greek advance from the isthmus: Hdt. 9.19
• dedication of spoils of war there: Hdt. 8.121, Hdt. 9.81
• of Corinth: Apollod. 1.7.2
• the Argo dedicated to Poseidon at the: Apollod. 1.9.26
• traversed by the Cretan bull: Apollod. 2.5.6, Apollod. 2.5.7
• cleared of malefactors by Theseus: Apollod. 2.6.3
• oracle concerning the: Apollod. 2.8.2
• Sinis at the: Apollod. 3.15.8
• the goal of the chariot-race for the suitors of Hippodamia: Apollod. E.2.5