Προποντίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “before; in front of”) +‎ πόντος (póntos, “sea”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Προποντῐ́ς • (Propontís) f (genitive Προποντῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Sea of Marmara

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Προποντῐ́ς; τῆς Προποντῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Προποντῐ́ς
hē Propontís
Genitive τῆς Προποντῐ́δος
tês Propontídos
Dative τῇ Προποντῐ́δῐ
têi Propontídi
Accusative τὴν Προποντῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Propontída
Vocative Προποντῐ́ς
Propontís
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Προποντίς (Propontís)
  • Latin: Propontis

References
  • “Προποντίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Προποντίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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