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

  • Ξέρξησ μὲν ἄγαγεν, ποποῖ, Ξέρξησ δ’ ἀπώλεσεν, τοτοῖ, Ξέρξησ δὲ πάντ’ ἐπέσπε δυσφρόνωσ βαρίδεσσι ποντίαισ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, strophe 12)
  • ὅμοιον ὥστε ποντίαισ οἶδμα δυσπνόοισ ὅταν Θρῄσσαισιν ἔρεβοσ ὕφαλον ἐπιδράμῃ πνοαῖσ, κυλίνδει βυσσόθεν κελαινὰν θῖνα καὶ δυσάνεμοι, στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ’ ἀντιπλῆγεσ ἀκταί. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, strophe 13)

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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