ἴσφνιον

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Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ᾽ ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of money – money it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes

Sophocles, Antigone, 295-297
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Full diacritics: ἴσφνιον Medium diacritics: ἴσφνιον Low diacritics: ίσφνιον Capitals: ΙΣΦΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: ísphnion Transliteration B: isphnion Transliteration C: isfnion Beta Code: i)/sfnion

English (LSJ)

τό, prob. A f.l. for ἴσθμιον, neck of a jar, E.Fr.656: prov., χαλεπὸς βίος ἴσφνι' ἄγοντος, expld. of a potter's life, cod.Par. ap. Nauck l.c., nisi leg. Ἴσθμι' (cf. ἰσθμιάζω).

Greek Monolingual

ἴσφνιον, τὸ (Α)
(πιθ. εσφ. γρφ. του ίσθμιον) λαιμός, τράχηλος αγγείου.