Isthmian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Isthmian \Isth"mi*an\, 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  isthmian
       adj : of or relating to or forming an isthmus