Pontus

Borrowed from Latin Pontus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos). Doublet of pons.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒntəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːntəs/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒntəs

Pontus

1. (Greek mythology) A god of the sea.
2. the present-day region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea.
3. (historical) An ancient region and kingdom on the south coast of the Black Sea.

• Pontus on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

• puntos, put-ons, puts on, ton-ups, unpots, unstop

From Ancient Greek Πόντος (Póntos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpon.tus/, [ˈpɔn̪t̪us]

Pontus m sg (genitive Pontī); second declension

1. Pontus (kingdom and later Roman province)
2. the Black Sea
3. the general region around the Black Sea

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• (Black Sea): Pontus Euxīnus

• “Pontus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pontus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Brought to Sweden by the French soldier Pontus De La Gardie (~1520-1585), originally Ponce, from the saint's name Pontius.

Pontus c (genitive Pontus)

1. a male given name