Πόντος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From πόντος (póntos, sea), attested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to).[1] Homeric Greek used πόντος (póntos) for any sea but it later began to refer specifically to the Black Sea and then to the Hellenic kingdom on its southeastern shore.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Πόντος (Póntosm (genitive Πόντου); second declension

  1. Black Sea (a sea north of Anatolia)
  2. (historical) Pontus (a former kingdom in northeastern Anatolia)
  3. Pontus (a region of Turkey, in northeastern Anatolia)
  4. (Greek mythology) Pontus (a sea god)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 237 of 157–271:πόντος

Pontic Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Cognate with standard modern Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

Proper noun

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Πόντος (Póntosm

  1. Pontus