Pontus

See also: pontus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pontus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒntəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːntəs/

Proper noun

Pontus

1. (Greek mythology) A god of the sea.
2. (historical) An ancient region and kingdom on the south coast of the Black Sea.

Translations

god of the sea

• Catalan: Pontos m
• Greek: Πόντος (el) m (Póntos)

  Ancient: Πόντος m (Póntos)

• Portuguese: Ponto m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: Ponto

a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea

• Armenian: Պոնտոս (hy) (Pontos)
• Georgian: პონტო (ṗonṭo)
• Greek: Πόντος (el) m (Póntos)

  Ancient: Πόντος m (Póntos)

• Irish: Pontas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Pontus m
• Persian: بنطس (bontos), پنطس (pontos)
• Polish: Pont (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ponto m
• Russian: Понт (ru) m (Pont)
• Spanish: Ponto

See also

• Pontus on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Anagrams

• puntos, put-ons, puts on, ton-ups, unpots, unstop

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

Proper noun

Pontus m sg (genitive Pontī); second declension

1. Pontus (kingdom and later Roman province)
2. the Black Sea
3. the general region around the Black Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pontus
Genitive	Pontī
Dative	Pontō
Accusative	Pontum
Ablative	Pontō
Vocative	Ponte

Synonyms

• (Black Sea): Pontus Euxīnus

References

• “Pontus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pontus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Swedish

Etymology

Brought to Sweden by the French soldier Pontus De La Gardie (~1520-1585), originally Ponce, from the saint's name Pontius.

Proper noun

Pontus c (genitive Pontus)

1. a male given name.