Pontia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possible etymologies include:

  • From an elliptic form of Īnsula Pontia (literally “isle of bridges”), from pōns (“bridge”) +‎ -ius, with the name ascribed due to the abundance of natural arches and bridges.
  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόντιος (póntios, “of the sea”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pontia f sg (genitive Pontiae); first declension

  1. The most considerable island of the Pontine Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, now Ponza

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Pontia
genitive Pontiae
dative Pontiae
accusative Pontiam
ablative Pontiā
vocative Pontia

References

  • “Pontia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pontia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Pontia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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