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.
3. An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.
5. (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus.

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
• Kazakh: Понтус (Pontus)
• 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): [ˈpɔn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔn̪.t̪us]

Proper noun

Pontus m sg (genitive Pontī); second declension

1. Pontus (an ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking)
2. (historical) Pontus (a former province of the Roman Empire covering the western half of the Pontus region unified with Bithynia; in full, Bithynia et Pontus)
3. the Black Sea

   Synonym: Pontus Euxīnus

4. the general region around the Black Sea

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pontus
genitive	Pontī
dative	Pontō
accusative	Pontum
ablative	Pontō
vocative	Ponte

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Pontus c (genitive Pontus)

1. a male given name