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isthmian

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

isth=mi=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective isthmian has 1 sense

isthmian(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or forming an isthmus;

Derived form noun

isthmus₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

isthmian, a. [L. Isthmius, Gr. . See Isthmus.].

Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. [1913 Webster]

Isthmian games (Gr. Antiq.), one of the four great national festivals of Greece, celebrated on the Isthmus of Corinth in the spring of every alternate year. They consisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, racing on foot and in chariots, and also contests in music and poetry. The prize was a garland of pine leaves.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

isthmian, adj. of or relating to an isthmus, esp. (Isthmian) to the Isthmus of Corinth in southern Greece.