πόντος
See also: Πόντος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”). Cognates include Sanskrit पथिन् (páthin), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Latin pōns, and Old English findan (English find).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pón.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpon.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpon.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpon.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpon.dos/
Noun
πόντος • (póntos) m (genitive πόντου); second declension
- the sea, usually the Mediterranean
- (often combined with epithets in Homer)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.613:
- αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων
νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάᾱν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον
Ἀτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει.- autòs gár sphin dôken ánax andrôn Agamémnōn
nêas eüssélmous peráān epì oínopa pónton
Atreḯdēs, epeì oú sphi thalássia érga memḗlei. - For Agamemnon son of Atreus himself had given [the Arcadians]
strong-benched ships for crossing the wine-dark sea,
since they weren't interested in the work of the sea.
- autòs gár sphin dôken ánax andrôn Agamémnōn
- αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.196–198:
- οὐ γάρ πω τέθνηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,
ἀλλ' ἔτι που ζωὸς κατερῡ́κεται εὐρέϊ πόντῳ,
νήσῳ̆ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ,- ou gár pō téthnēken epì khthonì dîos Odusseús,
all' éti pou zōòs katerū́ketai euréï póntōi,
nḗsōi en amphirútēi, - [Athena disguised as Mentes talking to Telemachus:]
For noble Odysseus hasn't died yet on earth,
but is probably still alive and being detained on the wide sea
on a sea-girt isle,
- ou gár pō téthnēken epì khthonì dîos Odusseús,
- οὐ γάρ πω τέθνηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,
- (often combined with epithets in Homer)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πόντος ho póntos |
τὼ πόντω tṑ póntō |
οἱ πόντοι hoi póntoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πόντου toû póntou |
τοῖν πόντοιν toîn póntoin |
τῶν πόντων tôn póntōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πόντῳ tôi póntōi |
τοῖν πόντοιν toîn póntoin |
τοῖς πόντοις toîs póntois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πόντον tòn pónton |
τὼ πόντω tṑ póntō |
τοὺς πόντους toùs póntous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πόντε pónte |
πόντω póntō |
πόντοι póntoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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See also
- πάτος (pátos)
References
- “πόντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πόντος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πόντος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πόντος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- πόντος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πόντος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- deep idem, page 203.
- hellespont idem, page 395.
- pontus idem, page 626.
- sea idem, page 744.
Greek
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Venetan pont (“point, end”)
Noun
πόντος • (póntos) m (plural πόντοι)
- point (the unit of scoring in a game or competition)
- centimeter
- ladder (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings)
Declension
Declension of πόντος
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “see above”).
Noun
πόντος • (póntos) m (plural πόντοι)
Usage notes
The more common terms:
- ωκεανός m (okeanós, “ocean”) (e.g. Atlantic, Pacific)
- θάλασσα f (thálassa, “larger sea”) (e.g. Mediterranean, Baltic, Caribbean)
- πέλαγος n (pélagos, “smaller sea”) (e.g. Adriatic, Aegean, Ionian)
Declension
Declension of πόντος
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Εύξεινος Πόντος m (Éfxeinos Póntos, “Black Sea”)
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