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See also:Isthmus

English

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WOTD – 5 November 2010
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Anisthmus (narrow strip of land).

Etymology

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Borrowing fromLatinisthmus(“a strip of land between two seas”), fromAncient Greekῐ̓σθμός(ĭsthmós,“neck, narrow passage”), possibly fromεἶμῐ(eîmĭ,“to go”). Cognate toOld Norseeið(“isthmus”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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isthmus (pluralisthmusesoristhmi)

  2. (geography) Anarrowstrip ofland,bordered on both sides bywater, and connecting two largerlandmasses.
    Hyponym:Isthmus of Suez
  3. (anatomy, botany) Any suchnarrowpart connecting two largerstructures.
    Hyponym:uterine isthmus
  4. (graph theory) Anedge in agraph whosedeletion increases the number ofconnectedcomponents of the graph.

Derived terms

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Translations

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strip of land
part connecting two anatomical structures
edge in a graph

References

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowing fromAncient Greekῐ̓σθμός(ĭsthmós,“neck, narrow passage”), possibly fromεἶμῐ(eîmĭ,“to go”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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isthmus m (genitiveisthmī);second declension

  1. astrip ofland between twoseas; anisthmus
    1. (transferred sense, poetic) astrait
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Usage notes

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  • Capitalised asIsthmus, it refers to the Isthmus of Corinth.

Inflection

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Second-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativeisthmusisthmī
genitiveisthmīisthmōrum
dativeisthmōisthmīs
accusativeisthmumisthmōs
ablativeisthmōisthmīs
vocativeisthmeisthmī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Descendants

References

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Further reading

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  • “isthmus”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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