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

  • πᾷ στῶ, πᾷ κάμψω, πᾷ βῶ, ναῦσ ὅπωσ ποντίοισ πείσμασιν, λινόκροκον φᾶροσ στέλλων, ἐπὶ τάνδε συθεὶσ τέκνων ἐμῶν φύλαξ ὀλέθριον κοίταν; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:6)
  • πυρί <με > φλέξον, ἢ χθονὶ κάλυψον, ἤ ποντίοισ δάκεσι δὸσ βοράν, μηδέ μοι φθονήσῃσ εὐγμάτων, ἄναξ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, strophe 15)
  • καὶ τὸν ἀκειρεκόμαν Φοῖβον χορεύων ἐν Κέῳ ἀμφιρύτᾳ σὺν ποντίοισ ἀνδράσιν, καὶ τὰν ἁλιερκέα, Ἰσθμοῦ δειράδ’· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 1 2:1)

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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