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ˈisthmian, a. (n.)
(see isthmus)
Isthmian in specific uses.
[f. L. isthmi-us, a. Gr. ἴσθµι-ος of or pertaining to the (or an) isthmus + -an.]
1. Belonging to, situated upon, or forming, an isthmus or neck of land.
1654Vilvain Epit. Ess. iv. i, Isthmian neck of land. 1801G. S. Faber Horae Mosaicae (1818) I. 241 The isthmian region. 1895N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 375 These with Belize would control any isthmian canal on the Atlantic side. 1899Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 5/1 An investigation by ‘a competent board of engineers’ of all the isthmian routes is to be made.
2. spec. Belonging to the Isthmus of Corinth; esp. in Isthmian games, one of the national festivals of ancient Greece, celebrated in the Isthmian sanctuary in the first and third years of each Olympiad.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 431 In the solemnitie of the Isthmian games. 1807Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. xxiv. 329 The Isthmian Games derived their name from the place where they were celebrated, which was the Corinthian Isthmus..They were instituted in honor of Palæmon or Melicertes. 1816Byron Siege Cor. ii, And downward to the Isthmian plain.
transf.18..in Harper's Mag. (1883) Aug. 340/1 That the House do adjourn over Wednesday to allow honorable members to be present at our Isthmian games.
B. n. An inhabitant of an isthmus (in quot., of the Isthmus of Corinth).
1601Holland Pliny II. 547 After Pausias, there arose one Euphranor the Isthmian. |