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Latin
Etymology
From the gens name Pontii, of Samnite/Sabine origin, from Oscan 𐌐𐌏𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pontus), 𐌐𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pomptus), which by Oscan sound laws would be the equivalent of the Latin names Quintus, Quinctia, Quinctilia, all from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe (“five”). Or, from pons (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pontius m sg (genitive Pontiī or Pontī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Pontius Pilatus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “Pontius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pontius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897), p. 127-129