"pons" meaning in Latin

See pons in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pons/ [Classical], [põːs̠] [Classical], /pons/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [pɔns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *ponts, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*pent-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*ponts}} Proto-Italic *ponts, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*pónteh₁s||path, road}} Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), {{m|ine-pro|*pent-||path}} *pent- (“path”), {{cog|sa|पन्था|tr=pánthā-}} Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), {{cog|grc|πόντος}} Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), {{cog|xcl|հուն||riverbed}} Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), {{cog|ang|findan}} Old English findan, {{m|en|find}} find, {{cog|cu|пѫть||road}} Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”) Head templates: {{la-noun|pōns<3.I>|g=m}} pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pōns<3.I>}} Forms: pōns [canonical, masculine], pontis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pōns [nominative, singular], pontēs [nominative, plural], pontis [genitive, singular], pontium [genitive, plural], pontī [dative, singular], pontibus [dative, plural], pontem [accusative, singular], pontēs [accusative, plural], pontīs [accusative, plural], ponte [ablative, singular], pontibus [ablative, plural], pōns [singular, vocative], pontēs [plural, vocative]
  1. A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-pons-la-noun-LxjN5nbp Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 61 39
  2. (nautical) deck Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-pons-la-noun-2DAyWQbD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pōns Varoliī (english: brain stem) [bridge, games], pōns asinōrum, ponticulus, pontifex, pontō Related terms: pontus

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "brain stem",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of Cōnstantius Varolius / Costanzo Varolio"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bridge",
        "games"
      ],
      "word": "pōns Varoliī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pōns asinōrum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ponticulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pontifex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pontō"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
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            "g": "f"
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          "expansion": "Aromanian: punti f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: punti f"
    },
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            "1": "ast",
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          "expansion": "Asturian: ponte f, puente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: ponte f, puente m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        }
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      "text": "Neapolitan: puonti"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ca",
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            "g": "m"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pont m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "g": "m"
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          "expansion": "Dalmatian: puant m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: puant m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pont",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pont m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pont m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
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            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: puint m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: puint m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
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            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: ponto m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: ponto m"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ponte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ponte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ponte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "puent"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: puent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: puent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "puonte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: puonte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: puonte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pònt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pònt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pònt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "Ponce"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: Ponce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: Ponce (now a place name and surname)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "ponte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: ponte f\nGalician: ponte f\nPortuguese: ponte f",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: ponte f\nGalician: ponte f\nPortuguese: ponte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "punte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: punte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: punte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "punt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: punt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: punt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "ponte",
            "3": "ponti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: ponte, ponti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: ponte, ponti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ponti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ponti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ponti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "puente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: puente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: puente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "pónte",
            "3": "pónt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: pónte m, pónt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: pónte m, pónt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "pont"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *pont",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *pont (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*ponts"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pónteh₁s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "path, road"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pent-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "path"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "tr": "pánthā-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πόντος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "riverbed"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "find"
      },
      "expansion": "find",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "road"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”)",
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "pōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontis",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ponte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pōns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pontus"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6",
          "text": "Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide."
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          "bridge"
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        "declension-3"
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          "orig": "la:Nautical",
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            "All topics",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "english": "Many (ships) were covered with decks, on which engines for missiles might be conveyed.",
          "ref": "c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.6",
          "text": "Multae pontibus stratae, super quas tormenta veherentur."
        }
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          "deck",
          "deck"
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        "(nautical) deck"
      ],
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        "declension-3"
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        "nautical",
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      "ipa": "/pons/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[põːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pons/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɔns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pons"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pent-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
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    {
      "english": "brain stem",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of Cōnstantius Varolius / Costanzo Varolio"
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        "bridge",
        "games"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "pōns asinōrum"
    },
    {
      "word": "ponticulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pontifex"
    },
    {
      "word": "pontō"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "expansion": "Asturian: ponte f, puente m",
          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          "expansion": "Catalan: pont m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pont m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "puant",
            "g": "m"
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          "expansion": "Dalmatian: puant m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: puant m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pont",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "French: pont m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: pont m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
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            "g": "m"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: puint m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
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            "g": "m"
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          "expansion": "Istriot: ponto m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: ponto m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "it",
            "2": "ponte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: ponte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: ponte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "puent"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: puent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: puent"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "puonte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: puonte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: puonte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pònt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pònt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pònt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "Ponce"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: Ponce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: Ponce (now a place name and surname)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "ponte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: ponte f\nGalician: ponte f\nPortuguese: ponte f",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: ponte f\nGalician: ponte f\nPortuguese: ponte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "punte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: punte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: punte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "punt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: punt m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: punt m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "ponte",
            "3": "ponti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: ponte, ponti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: ponte, ponti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "ponti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: ponti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: ponti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "puente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: puente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: puente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "pónte",
            "3": "pónt",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: pónte m, pónt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: pónte m, pónt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "pont"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: pont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: pont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*pont",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *pont",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *pont (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pent-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*ponts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *ponts",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pónteh₁s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "path, road"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pent-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "path"
      },
      "expansion": "*pent- (“path”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पन्था",
        "tr": "pánthā-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πόντος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "հուն",
        "3": "",
        "4": "riverbed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "findan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English findan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "find"
      },
      "expansion": "find",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "пѫть",
        "3": "",
        "4": "road"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *ponts, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pōns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ponte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pōns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pōns<3.I>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pōns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pontus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6",
          "text": "Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bridge",
          "bridge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Many (ships) were covered with decks, on which engines for missiles might be conveyed.",
          "ref": "c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.6",
          "text": "Multae pontibus stratae, super quas tormenta veherentur."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "deck",
          "deck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) deck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pons/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[põːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pons/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɔns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pons"
}

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