Isthmus
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See also: isthmus
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Isthmus m (strong, genitive Isthmus, plural Isthmen)
- isthmus
- Synonym: Landenge
- 1928, Stefan Zweig, “Flucht in die Unsterblichkeit”, in Sternstunden der Menschheit:
- Und Balboa erkennt die Tat, die er tun muß, um sich freizukaufen von der Schuld und unvergängliche Ehre sich zu erwerben: als erster den Isthmus überqueren zum Mar del Sur, zum Südmeer, das nach Indien führt, und das neue Ophir für die spanische Krone erobern.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Isthmos (unadapted)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ῐ̓σθμός (Isthmós), from ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck of land between two seas”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈistʰ.mus/, [ˈɪs̠t̪ʰmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈist.mus/, [ˈist̪mus]
Proper noun
[edit]Isthmus m sg (genitive Isthmī); second declension
- the Isthmus of Corinth
- the Dardanelles
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Isthmus |
genitive | Isthmī |
dative | Isthmō |
accusative | Isthmum |
ablative | Isthmō |
vocative | Isthme |
Derived terms
[edit]- Isthmius (adjective)
- Isthmiacus (adjective)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Isthmus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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