isthmus
See also: Isthmus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowing 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/
- Rhymes: -ɪsməs
Noun
editisthmus (plural isthmuses or isthmi)
- (geography) 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
editTranslations
editstrip of land
|
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
editAlternative forms
edit- isthmos (unadapted)
Etymology
editBorrowing from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈistʰ.mus/, [ˈɪs̠t̪ʰmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈist.mus/, [ˈist̪mus]
Noun
editisthmus m (genitive isthmī); second declension
Usage notes
edit- Capitalised as Isthmus, it refers to the Isthmus of Corinth.
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | isthmus | isthmī |
genitive | isthmī | isthmōrum |
dative | isthmō | isthmīs |
accusative | isthmum | isthmōs |
ablative | isthmō | isthmīs |
vocative | isthme | isthmī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editDescendants
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.
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