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

  • αἰ δὲ λῇσ, σαργοί τε χαλκίδεσ τε καὶ τοὶ πόντιοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 117 1:4)

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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