pontus
See also: Pontus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪us]
Noun
pontus m (genitive pontī); second declension
- the sea, the deep
- Pontus Euxinus ― the Black Sea
- a wave (of the sea)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pontus | pontī |
Genitive | pontī | pontōrum |
Dative | pontō | pontīs |
Accusative | pontum | pontōs |
Ablative | pontō | pontīs |
Vocative | ponte | pontī |
Synonyms
- (the sea): aequor, aqua, campus, mare, pelagus, salum
Descendants
- Spanish: ponto
See also
- pons
References
- “pontus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pontus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pontus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pontus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
- (ambiguous) to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
- “pontus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “pontus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pontus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “pontus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly