isthmus
See also: Isthmus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪsθ.məs/, /ˈɪs.məs/, /ˈɪz.məs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪs.məs/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈɪst.məs/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪsməs
Noun edit
isthmus (plural isthmuses or isthmi)
- A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
- Hyponym: Isthmus of Suez
- (anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
- Hyponym: uterine isthmus
- (graph theory) An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
strip of land
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part connecting two anatomical structures
edge in a graph
References edit
- Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 7.736, page 225.
- “isthmus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “isthmus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- isthmos (unadapted)
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈistʰ.mus/, [ˈɪs̠t̪ʰmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈist.mus/, [ˈist̪mus]
Noun edit
isthmus m (genitive isthmī); second declension
Usage notes edit
- Capitalised as Isthmus, it refers to the Isthmus of Corinth.
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | isthmus | isthmī |
Genitive | isthmī | isthmōrum |
Dative | isthmō | isthmīs |
Accusative | isthmum | isthmōs |
Ablative | isthmō | isthmīs |
Vocative | isthme | isthmī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of isthmus in other languages
References edit
- “Isthmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading edit
- isthmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.