"πόντος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /pón.tos/, /ˈpon.tos/, /ˈpon.dos/, /pón.tos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpon.tos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpon.tos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpon.tos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpon.dos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *póntos, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”). Cognates include Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), and Old English findan (English find). Attested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*pent-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*póntos}} Proto-Hellenic *póntos, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*pónteh₁s||path, road}} Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), {{cog|sa|पन्था||way|tr=pánthā-}} Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”), {{cog|xcl|հուն||riverbed}} Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), {{cog|la|pōns||bridge}} Latin pōns (“bridge”), {{cog|ang|findan}} Old English findan, {{cog|en|find}} English find, {{cog|gmy|-}} Mycenaean Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|πόντου|m|second}} πόντος • (póntos) m (genitive πόντου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πόντος|ου}}, {{grc-decl|πόντος|ου|dial=epi}} Forms: póntos [romanization], πόντου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ πόντος [nominative, singular], τὼ πόντω [dual, nominative], οἱ πόντοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ πόντου [genitive, singular], τοῖν πόντοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πόντων [genitive, plural], τῷ πόντῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν πόντοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πόντοις [dative, plural], τὸν πόντον [accusative, singular], τὼ πόντω [accusative, dual], τοὺς πόντους [accusative, plural], πόντε [singular, vocative], πόντω [dual, vocative], πόντοι [plural, vocative], Epic declension-2 [table-tags], πόντος [nominative, singular], πόντω [dual, nominative], πόντοι [nominative, plural], πόντου [genitive, singular], ποντοῖο [genitive, singular], πόντοιο [genitive, singular], ποντόο [genitive, singular], πόντοο [genitive, singular], πόντοιῐν [dual, genitive], πόντων [genitive, plural], πόντῳ [dative, singular], πόντοιῐν [dative, dual], πόντοισῐ [dative, plural], πόντοισῐν [dative, plural], πόντοις [dative, plural], póntoisi [dative, plural], póntoisin [dative, plural], póntois [dative, plural], πόντον [accusative, singular], πόντω [accusative, dual], πόντους [accusative, plural], πόντε [singular, vocative], πόντω [dual, vocative], πόντοι [plural, vocative]
  1. the sea Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: θάλασσα, πέλαγος
    Sense id: en-πόντος-grc-noun-VWcTNyUB Disambiguation of Water: 50 50 Disambiguation of Landforms: 50 50 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50
  2. the sea
    (often combined with epithets in Homer)
    Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: θάλασσα, πέλαγος
    Sense id: en-πόντος-grc-noun-VWcTNyUB1 Disambiguation of Water: 50 50 Disambiguation of Landforms: 50 50 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ποντοπόρος (pontopóros) Related terms: πάτος (pátos)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "khérsos",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “sea”",
      "word": "χέρσος"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pontopóros",
      "word": "ποντοπόρος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*póntos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *póntos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pónteh₁s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "path, road"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पन्था",
        "3": "",
        "4": "way",
        "tr": "pánthā-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հուն",
        "3": "",
        "4": "riverbed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pōns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bridge"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pōns (“bridge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "findan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English findan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "find"
      },
      "expansion": "English find",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *póntos, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”).\nCognates include Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), and Old English findan (English find).\nAttested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "póntos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πόντος",
      "roman": "ho póntos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόντω",
      "roman": "tṑ póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πόντοι",
      "roman": "hoi póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πόντου",
      "roman": "toû póntou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn póntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πόντων",
      "roman": "tôn póntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πόντῳ",
      "roman": "tôi póntōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn póntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πόντοις",
      "roman": "toîs póntois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πόντον",
      "roman": "tòn pónton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόντω",
      "roman": "tṑ póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πόντους",
      "roman": "toùs póntous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντε",
      "roman": "pónte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντος",
      "roman": "póntos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντου",
      "roman": "póntou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποντοῖο",
      "roman": "pontoîo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιο",
      "roman": "póntoio",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποντόο",
      "roman": "pontóo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοο",
      "roman": "póntoo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιῐν",
      "roman": "póntoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντων",
      "roman": "póntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντῳ",
      "roman": "póntōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιῐν",
      "roman": "póntoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοισῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοισῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοις",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntoisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntoisin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντον",
      "roman": "pónton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντους",
      "roman": "póntous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντε",
      "roman": "pónte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "πόντος • (póntos) m (genitive πόντου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pátos",
      "word": "πάτος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "grc:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "grc:Water",
          "parents": [
            "Liquids",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόντος-grc-noun-VWcTNyUB",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "θάλασσα"
        },
        {
          "word": "πέλαγος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "grc:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "grc:Water",
          "parents": [
            "Liquids",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For Agamemnon son of Atreus himself had given [the Arcadians]\nstrong-benched ships for crossing the wine-dark sea,\nsince they weren't interested in the work of the sea.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.613",
          "roman": "Atreḯdēs, epeì oú sphi thalássia érga memḗlei.",
          "text": "αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων\nνῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάᾱν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον\nἈτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει.\nautòs gár sphin dôken ánax andrôn Agamémnōn\nnêas eüssélmous peráān epì oínopa pónton"
        },
        {
          "english": "Phoenician men had brought [the mixing bowl] over the misty sea,",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.744",
          "roman": "Phoínīkes d’ ágon ándres ep’ ēeroeidéa pónton,",
          "text": "Φοίνῑκες δ’ ἄγον ἄνδρες ἐπ’ ἠεροειδέα πόντον,"
        },
        {
          "english": "For noble Odysseus hasn't died yet on earth,\nbut is probably still alive and being detained on the wide sea\non a sea-girt isle,",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.196–198",
          "text": "οὐ γάρ πω τέθνηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,\nἀλλ’ ἔτι που ζωὸς κατερῡ́κεται εὐρέϊ πόντῳ,\nνήσῳ̆ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ,\nou gár pō téthnēken epì khthonì dîos Odusseús,\nall’ éti pou zōòs katerū́ketai euréï póntōi,\nnḗsōi en amphirútēi,\n[Athena disguised as Mentes talking to Telemachus:]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόντος-grc-noun-VWcTNyUB1",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often combined with epithets in Homer",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the sea",
        "(often combined with epithets in Homer)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "θάλασσα"
        },
        {
          "word": "πέλαγος"
        }
      ],
      "tags": []
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pón.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.dos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pón.tos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.dos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόντος"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "khérsos",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “sea”",
      "word": "χέρσος"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pent-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Bodies of water",
    "el:Landforms",
    "el:Seas",
    "grc:Landforms",
    "grc:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "pontopóros",
      "word": "ποντοπόρος"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*póntos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *póntos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pónteh₁s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "path, road"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पन्था",
        "3": "",
        "4": "way",
        "tr": "pánthā-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հուն",
        "3": "",
        "4": "riverbed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pōns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bridge"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pōns (“bridge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "findan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English findan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "find"
      },
      "expansion": "English find",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *póntos, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”).\nCognates include Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-, “way”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), and Old English findan (English find).\nAttested in Mycenaean Greek as 𐀡𐀵 (po-to).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "póntos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πόντος",
      "roman": "ho póntos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόντω",
      "roman": "tṑ póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πόντοι",
      "roman": "hoi póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πόντου",
      "roman": "toû póntou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn póntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πόντων",
      "roman": "tôn póntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πόντῳ",
      "roman": "tôi póntōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn póntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πόντοις",
      "roman": "toîs póntois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πόντον",
      "roman": "tòn pónton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πόντω",
      "roman": "tṑ póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πόντους",
      "roman": "toùs póntous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντε",
      "roman": "pónte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντος",
      "roman": "póntos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντου",
      "roman": "póntou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποντοῖο",
      "roman": "pontoîo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιο",
      "roman": "póntoio",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ποντόο",
      "roman": "pontóo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοο",
      "roman": "póntoo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιῐν",
      "roman": "póntoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντων",
      "roman": "póntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντῳ",
      "roman": "póntōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοιῐν",
      "roman": "póntoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοισῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοισῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοις",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntoisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntoisin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "póntois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντον",
      "roman": "pónton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντους",
      "roman": "póntous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντε",
      "roman": "pónte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντω",
      "roman": "póntō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόντοι",
      "roman": "póntoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "πόντος • (póntos) m (genitive πόντου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πόντος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "pátos",
      "word": "πάτος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "θάλασσα"
        },
        {
          "word": "πέλαγος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For Agamemnon son of Atreus himself had given [the Arcadians]\nstrong-benched ships for crossing the wine-dark sea,\nsince they weren't interested in the work of the sea.",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.613",
          "roman": "Atreḯdēs, epeì oú sphi thalássia érga memḗlei.",
          "text": "αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων\nνῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάᾱν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον\nἈτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει.\nautòs gár sphin dôken ánax andrôn Agamémnōn\nnêas eüssélmous peráān epì oínopa pónton"
        },
        {
          "english": "Phoenician men had brought [the mixing bowl] over the misty sea,",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.744",
          "roman": "Phoínīkes d’ ágon ándres ep’ ēeroeidéa pónton,",
          "text": "Φοίνῑκες δ’ ἄγον ἄνδρες ἐπ’ ἠεροειδέα πόντον,"
        },
        {
          "english": "For noble Odysseus hasn't died yet on earth,\nbut is probably still alive and being detained on the wide sea\non a sea-girt isle,",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.196–198",
          "text": "οὐ γάρ πω τέθνηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,\nἀλλ’ ἔτι που ζωὸς κατερῡ́κεται εὐρέϊ πόντῳ,\nνήσῳ̆ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ,\nou gár pō téthnēken epì khthonì dîos Odusseús,\nall’ éti pou zōòs katerū́ketai euréï póntōi,\nnḗsōi en amphirútēi,\n[Athena disguised as Mentes talking to Telemachus:]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "epithet",
          "epithet"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often combined with epithets in Homer",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "the sea",
        "(often combined with epithets in Homer)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "θάλασσα"
        },
        {
          "word": "πέλαγος"
        }
      ],
      "tags": []
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pón.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.dos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pón.tos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.tos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpon.dos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόντος"
}

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