ἰσθμός
See also: Ἰσθμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A derivation from εἶμι (eîmi, “to go”) with a suffix "-θμο-" has been assumed, comparing also Old Norse eið (“isthmus”). However, the "-σ-" is unexplained, so the word could well be of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /istʰ.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /istʰˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /isθˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /isθˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /isθˈmos/
Noun
ἰσθμός • (isthmós) m (genitive ἰσθμοῦ); second declension
- neck, narrow passage of the body
- (anatomy) pharynx, fauces
- isthmus, neck of land between two seas
- strait, narrow channel
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἰσθμός ho isthmós |
τὼ ἰσθμώ tṑ isthmṓ |
οἱ ἰσθμοί hoi isthmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ toû isthmoû |
τοῖν ἰσθμοῖν toîn isthmoîn |
τῶν ἰσθμῶν tôn isthmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰσθμῷ tôi isthmôi |
τοῖν ἰσθμοῖν toîn isthmoîn |
τοῖς ἰσθμοῖς toîs isthmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἰσθμόν tòn isthmón |
τὼ ἰσθμώ tṑ isthmṓ |
τοὺς ἰσθμούς toùs isthmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἰσθμέ isthmé |
ἰσθμώ isthmṓ |
ἰσθμοί isthmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ἰσθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἰσθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN