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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ISTHMIAN
Isth "mi *an, a. Etym: [L. Isthmius, Gr. Isthmus. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece. 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
isthmian
isth mi an |ˈismēən ˈɪsmiən | ▶adjective of or relating to an isthmus. • ( Isthmian ) of or relating to the Isthmus of Corinth in southern Greece or the Isthmus of Panama.
Isthmian games
Isth |mian games games held by the ancient Greeks every other year near the Isthmus of Corinth.
Oxford Dictionary
isthmian
isthmian |ˈɪsθmɪən, ˈɪstm -, ˈɪsm -| ▶adjective relating to an isthmus. • ( Isthmian ) relating to the Isthmus of Corinth in southern Greece.
Isthmian games
Isth |mian games games held by the ancient Greeks every other year near the Isthmus of Corinth.
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