Pontus

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒntəs/

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

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.

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Doublet of pōns.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔn.tus]

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• → English: Pontus

• “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.

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

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Pontus c (genitive Pontus)

1. a male given name