Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πόντιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόντιος πόντιᾱ πόντιον

Structure: ποντι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: po/ntos

Sense

  1. of the sea, sea
  2. by the sea
  3. in the sea
  4. from the sea, into the sea
  5. brought by sea or from beyond sea

Examples

  • καὶ πολυώνυμε θηροφόνη παῖ Λατοῦσ χρυσώπιδοσ ἔρνοσ, σύ τε πόντιε σεμνὲ Πόσειδον ἁλιμέδον προλιπὼν μυχὸν ἰχθυόεντ’ οἰστροδόνητον, Νηρέοσ ἐναλίου τε κόραι Νύμφαι τ’ ὀρείπλαγκτοι. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, lyric3)
  • ἰὼ πόντιε δαῖμον, τοῦτ’ ἐκεῖν’· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric6)
  • Ὦ ναίων ἅλα πόντιε Πόσειδον Νηρέωσ θ’ ἁγναὶ κόραι, σώσατέ μ’ ἐπ’ ἀκτὰσ Ναυπλίασ δάμαρτά τε ἄσυλον ἐκ γῆσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. of the sea

  2. by the sea

  3. in the sea

  4. from the sea

  5. brought by sea or from beyond sea

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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