Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Isthmos: Halikarnassos, a city of Karia. The citizen Isthmios. There is also the Isthmos of Corinth, at which Poseidon Isthmios. And Isthmian victory and Isthmian truces. They are also called Isthmiotai.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ἰσθμός, ἡ Ἁλικαρνασσός, τῆς Καρίας πόλις. ὁ πολίτης Ἴσθμιος. ἔστι καὶ Κορίνθου Ἰσθμός ἐν ᾗ Ἴσθμιος ὁ Ποσειδῶν. καὶ νίκη Ἰσθμιάς καὶ Ἰσθμιάδες σπονδαί. λέγονται καὶ Ἰσθμιῶται.
…δ' ἔχοντα ὀξύνεται προσηγορικὰ ὄντα, εἰ δὲ κύρια εἴη, βαρύνεται. ὀξύνεται δὲ ταῦτα ἀρδμός, σκιαδμός, βαρύνεται δὲ ταῦτα Κάδμος, Κύδμος. Τὰ εἰς 'μος' ἔχοντα πρὸ τοῦ 'μ' 'θ' ἢ 'χ' ὀξύνεται, βαθμός, ἰσθμός. καλεῖται δὲ καὶ Ἰσθμός ἡ Ἁλικαρνασσός, τῆς Καρίας πόλις. ἔστι καὶ Κορίνθου Ἰσθμός. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἰσθμός στενὸς τόπος, δι´ οὗ ἴενται τὰ ἐσθιόμενα καὶ πινόμενα ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἰέναι τὴν πνοήν. σταθμός, αὐχμός, μηνιθμός, πορθμός, σκαρθμός, ἰωχμός, πλοχμός, εἴτε