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|Text=[[Πόντος]], ὁ.

[[Pontic]], adj.: [[Ποντικός]].

[[The]], See [[Euxine]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Pontus</b>: i, m., = Πόντος.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., the Black Sea, called in [[full]] [[Pontus]] [[Euxinus]], Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the [[region]] [[about]] the Black Sea: [[Medea]] ex [[eodem]] Ponto profugisse, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., [[Pontus]], a [[district]] in [[Asia]] Minor, [[between]] [[Bithynia]] and [[Armenia]], the [[kingdom]] of [[Mithridates]], [[afterwards]] a Roman [[province]], Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.—Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Pontus]], Pontic: [[mare]], Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18: [[terra]], Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94: populi, Mel. 1, 2, 6: [[pinus]], Hor. C. 1, 14, 11: [[absinthium]], Col. 12, 35: nuces, a [[kind]] of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88: mures, ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200: [[serpens]], the [[dragon]] [[that]] watched the [[golden]] [[fleece]], Juv. 14, 114: [[radix]], rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.; also called Rha, Amm. 22, 8, 28: [[Ponticus]] genere, Vulg. Act. 18, 2.— As subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the [[province]] of [[Pontus]], Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. [[Pontus]], the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) [[Pontus]],¹⁰ ī, m. (Πόντος),<br /><b>1</b> la mer Noire, le Pont-Euxin : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 129<br /><b>2</b> le Pont [contrée avoisinant la mer Noire] : Cic. Pomp. 22 ; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1<br /><b>3</b> le Pont [contrée au N.-E. de l’Asie Mineure, royaume de Mithridate, devenue province romaine] : Cic. Pomp. 7 ; Agr. 1, 6 ; Virg. G. 1, 58 &#124;&#124; <b>-ĭcus</b>, a, um, du Pont-Euxin, du Pont [contrée] : [[Mela]] 2, 5 ; Pontici mures Plin. 8, 132, les hermines ; Ponticæ nuces Plin. 15, 88 ; v. avellanæ ; [[Ponticus]] [[serpens]] Juv. 14, 114, le dragon gardien de la toison d’or &#124;&#124; Pontĭcum, ī, n., la mer Noire : Flor. 3, 6, 10 &#124;&#124; formes grecques : Pontĭcos, nom., Pontĭcon, acc. [[Varro]] Men. 81 ; 445.||<b>-ĭcus</b>, a, um, du Pont-Euxin, du Pont [contrée] : [[Mela]] 2, 5 ; Pontici mures Plin. 8, 132, les hermines ; Ponticæ nuces Plin. 15, 88 ; v. avellanæ ; [[Ponticus]] [[serpens]] Juv. 14, 114, le dragon gardien de la toison d’or||Pontĭcum, ī, n., la mer Noire : Flor. 3, 6, 10||formes grecques : Pontĭcos, nom., Pontĭcon, acc. [[Varro]] Men. 81 ; 445.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) [[Pontus]]<sup>2</sup>, ī, m. ([[Πόντος]]), I) das Schwarze [[Meer]], in Ponti ore, Cic. Verr. 4, 129: ad confinia Ponti, Val. Flacc. 8, 180. – II) meton.: A) die Landstriche um das Schwarze [[Meer]], der [[Pontus]], die heutigen türkischen Paschaliks Trebizond u. Siwas, [[Medea]] ex [[eodem]] Ponto profugisse dicitur, Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 22; u. so Auct. b. Alex. 41 u. 77. Ov. trist. 5, 10, 1. – B) insbes., eine [[Landschaft]] Kleinasiens am Schwarzen Meere [[zwischen]] Bithynien u. Armenien, das [[Reich]] [[des]] [[Mithridates]], [[Pontus]], [[später]] röm. [[Provinz]], Verg. georg. 1, 58. Cic. de imp. [[Pomp]]. 7. Vell. 2, 38, 6. – Dav. [[Ponticus]], a, um ([[Ποντικός]]), pontisch, [[mare]], das Schwarze [[Meer]], Liv. u. Tac.: [[terra]], Ov.: [[nux]], die türkische Haselnuß, Plin. ([[dies]]. [[auch]] subst. bl. Pontica, Apic.): [[mus]], Hermelin, Plin.: [[triumphus]], [[über]] [[Mithridates]], Vell.: medicamina [[regis]] [[victi]], [[Gift]] [[des]] [[Mithridates]], Iuven.: [[radix]], Rhapontik, Cels.: [[serpens]], der das goldene [[Vlies]] in Kolchis bewachende [[Drache]], Iuven.: [[fauces]] freti Pontici, der Thrazische [[Bosporus]], Sen. poët.: griech. [[Form]] [[Heraclides]] [[Ponticos]], [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 81: Heraclidem Ponticon, ibid. 445.
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