πόντος, ὁ:
Epic dialect genitive ἐκ ποντόφιν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
sea, especially
open sea, common from [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in the general sense, ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the
wide waters of the grey brine, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, π. ἀγαθῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of special seas, π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally called simply ὁ Πόντος or Πόντος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] for
the sea, [
Refs]
II.2) the country [
Refs 5th c.BC+] shore of the Black Sea, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
adjective Ποντικός (which see).
III) personified as son of Gaia, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]