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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προποντίς (Propontís).
Proper noun
Propontis
- (historical) Sea of Marmara
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προποντίς (Propontís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Propontis f sg (genitive Propontidos or Propontidis); third declension
- Sea of Marmara
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
1In poetry.
References
- “Propontis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Propontis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.