Pontius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the gens name Pontii, of Samnite/Sabine origin, from Oscan 𐌐𐌏𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pontus), 𐌐𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pomptus), which by Oscan sound laws would be the equivalent of the Latin names Quintus, Quinctia, Quinctilia, all from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe (“five”). Or, from pons (“bridge”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.ti.us/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpon.t͡si.us/, [ˈpɔnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun edit
Pontius m sg (genitive Pontiī or Pontī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: Ponç
- French: Ponce
- Italian: Ponzio
- Occitan: Ponç
- Romanian: Ponțiu
- Vietnamese: Phongxiô (Catholic), Bôn-xơ (Protestant)
References edit
- “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.
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897), p. 127-129