Πόντος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From πόντος (póntos). In Homeric works, the word was used to refer to any sea, but later it began to refer specifically to the Black Sea, and eventually to a region settled on its southeastern shores.

Attested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πόντος (Póntosm (genitive Πόντου); second declension

  1. the Black Sea.
  2. Pontus, a region on the southeastern shores of the Black Sea.
  3. (Greek mythology) Pontus, the sea god in Greek mythology.

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Descendants

References

  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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Πόντος (Póntosm

  1. Pontus