Pontus

See also: pontus

English

Etymology

From Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos, “Black Sea, Pontus”), from πόντος (póntos, “sea”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Doublet of pons.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒntəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːntəs/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒntəs

Proper noun

Pontus

1. (Greek mythology) A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.
2. (historical) An ancient kingdom in northern Anatolia, on the south coast of the Black Sea.
3. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire covering the area of the ancient kingdom.
4. (chiefly historical) A region of Turkey covering the area of the ancient kingdom.

Related terms

• Pontic

 

Translations

god of the sea

• Arabic: بونتوس m
• Catalan: Pontos m
• Esperanto: Ponto, Pontoso
• French: Pontos (fr) m
• Georgian: პონტოსი (ṗonṭosi)
• Greek: Πόντος (el) m (Póntos)

  Ancient: Πόντος m (Póntos)

• Italian: Ponto m
• Korean: 폰토스 (Pontoseu)
• Latin: Pontus m
• Lithuanian: Pontas m
• Marathi: पाँटस (pŏṇṭas)
• Portuguese: Ponto m
• Russian: Понт (ru) m (Pont)
• Spanish: Ponto m
• Swedish: Pontos

a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea

• Albanian: Pont
• Armenian: Պոնտոս (hy) (Pontos)
• Bulgarian: Понт m (Pont)
• Catalan: Pont m
• Czech: Pontus m
• Danish: Pontos
• Dutch: Pontus n
• Estonian: Pontus (et)
• Finnish: Pontos
• French: Pont (fr) m
• Georgian: პონტო (ṗonṭo)
• German: Pontos n
• Greek: Πόντος (el) m (Póntos)

  Ancient: Πόντος m (Póntos)

• Hungarian: Pontosz
• Irish: Pontas m
• Italian: Ponto m
• Latin: Pontus m
• Latvian: Ponta f
• Lithuanian: Pontas m
• Macedonian: Понт m (Pont)
• Marathi: पाँटस (pŏṇṭas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Pontos

• Ottoman Turkish: پونتوس (Pontus)
• Persian: بنطس (bontos), پنطس (pontos)
• Polish: Pont (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ponto m
• Romanian: Pontus m
• Russian: Понт (ru) m (Pont)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Понт m

  Roman: Pont (sh) m

• Slovak: Pontos m
• Slovene: Pont m
• Spanish: Ponto m
• Swedish: Pontus (sv), Pontos
• Ukrainian: Понт m (Pont)

Anagrams

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Doublet of pōns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪us]

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

Descendants

• → English: Pontus

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.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Pontus c (genitive Pontus)

1. a male given name