Pontius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpon.ti.us/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.t͡si.us/, [ˈpɔnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun
Pontius m sg (genitive Pontiī or Pontī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pontius |
Genitive | Pontiī Pontī1 |
Dative | Pontiō |
Accusative | Pontium |
Ablative | Pontiō |
Vocative | Pontī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Pontius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pontius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.