πόντος
πόντος,
ὁ: Ep. gen.
A). ἐκ ποντόφιν Od. 24.83 :—
sea, esp.
open sea, common from
Hom. downwds., exc. in Prose, where it is chiefly used of special seas (v. infr.
11 ); in the general sense,
ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη Th. 4.26 , cf.
Pl. R. 611e ,
Ti. 25a ,
LXX Ex. 15.5 ;
π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, Od. 10.195 ,
Il. 1.350 ,
6.291 ,
Od. 3.158 ;
π. ἠεροειδής, ἰοειδής, μέλας, οἶνοψ, 2.263 ,
11.107 ,
Il. 24.79 ,
23.316 ;
π. ἀτρύγετος, ἰχθυόεις, 15.27 ,
19.378 ; opp.
γαῖα, 8.479 , etc.;
κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, Pi. P. 4.195 ,
1.24 ,
A. Fr. 150 (anap.);
π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the
wide waters of the grey brine,
Il. 21.59 ,
Thgn. 10 ,
106 ;
πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus,
Pi. N. 6.39 ,
10.27 .
II). of special seas,
π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, Il. 2.145 ,
23.230 ;
ὁ Αἰγαῖος π. Hdt. 2.97 , etc.;
ὁ π. οὗτος Id. 4.177 (v.l.);
Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, E. Tr. 225 (lyr.),
Hipp. 1200 ,
Cyc. 703 : esp.
π. Εὔξεινος, Id. IT 125 (lyr., nisi leg.
Ἄξεινος )
; ὁ Εὔξεινος π. Hdt. 1.6 ,
Th. 2.96 ,
97 (called
Ἄξεινος, E. IT 218 (lyr.)); generally called simply
ὁ Πόντος or
Πόντος, A. Pers. 878 (lyr.),
Hdt. 7.147 ,
Ar. V. 700 ,
Arist. Mete. 354a14 , al.; but
Hdt. has also
ὁ πόντος for
the sea, 4.99 ,
177 .
2). the country
Pontus on the
S. shore of the Black Sea,
App. Mith. 8 , etc.: Adj.
Ποντικός (q.v.).
III). personified as son of Gaia,
Hes. Th. 132 ,
233 sq. (Cogn. with
πάτος, q.v.)
ShortDef
Pontus
the sea
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ποντος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πόντος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>: Ep. gen. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκ ποντόφιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 24.83 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sea,</span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">open sea,</span> common from <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> downwds., exc. in Prose, where it is chiefly used of special seas (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>); in the general sense, <span class="quote greek">ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.26 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:611e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:611e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 611e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:25a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 25a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:15:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:15.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 15.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.195 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.350/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.350 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.291/canonical-url/"> 6.291 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.158 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἠεροειδής, ἰοειδής, μέλας, οἶνοψ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:263" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.263/canonical-url/"> 2.263 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.107/canonical-url/"> 11.107 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.79 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.316/canonical-url/"> 23.316 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἀτρύγετος, ἰχθυόεις,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.27/canonical-url/"> 15.27 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.378/canonical-url/"> 19.378 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">γαῖα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:479" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.479/canonical-url/"> 8.479 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.195 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.24/canonical-url/"> 1.24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:150" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:150/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 150 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wide waters</span> of the grey brine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.59 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 10 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 106 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι,</span> of the Isthmus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 6.39 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.27/canonical-url/"> 10.27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="quote greek">π. ἀγαθῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 159 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. χρυσίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1606.tlg001:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1606.tlg001:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phoen.</span> 1.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκπεσεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀνομοιότητος π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:273d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:273d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 273d </a> (ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 5 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of special seas, <span class="foreign greek">π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.145 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:230" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.230/canonical-url/"> 23.230 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ Αἰγαῖος π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.97 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ π. οὗτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.177/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.177 </a> (v.l.); <span class="foreign greek">Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 225 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1200/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1200 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:703" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:703/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 703 </a>: esp. <span class="foreign greek">π. Εὔξεινος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 125 </a> (lyr., nisi leg. <span class="foreign greek">Ἄξεινος </span>) <span class="quote greek">; ὁ Εὔξεινος π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.6 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.96 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:97/canonical-url/"> 97 </a> (called <span class="foreign greek">Ἄξεινος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 218 </a> (lyr.)); generally called simply <span class="foreign greek">ὁ Πόντος</span> or <span class="foreign greek">Πόντος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:878" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:878/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 878 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.147/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.147 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:700" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:700/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 700 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:354a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:354a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 354a14 </a>, al.; but <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> has also <span class="foreign greek">ὁ πόντος</span> for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the sea,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.99/canonical-url/"> 4.99 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:177/canonical-url/"> 177 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> the country <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pontus</span> on the <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> </span> shore of the Black Sea, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg014.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mith.</span> 8 </a>, etc.: Adj. <span class="foreign greek">Ποντικός</span> (q.v.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> personified as son of Gaia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 132 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:233/canonical-url/"> 233 </a> sq. (Cogn. with <span class="foreign greek">πάτος,</span> q.v.)</div> </div><br><br>'}