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Ἰσθμίων (Isthmion)

Ἰσθμίων is an Ancient Greek form of Ἴσθμιος, meaning “Isthmios — i. e. the god worshipped on the Isthmus, a surname of Poseidon, in honour of whom the Isthmian…”.

It can also be a form of Ἴσθμια, “Isthmia — a small district in Thessaly”. It is the genitive plural neuter noun or adjective.

Found 44 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.1.2: φησὶ δʼ Ἕρμιππος ὅτι προείλετο ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἰσθμίων πανηγύρει ψέξαι τε καὶ ἐπαινέσαι Ἀθηναίους, Θηβαίους, Λακεδαιμονίους· εἶτα μέντοι παραιτήσασθαι ἰδόντα πλείου …

All forms of Ἴσθμιος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.