Προποντίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “before; in front of”) +‎ πόντος (póntos, “sea”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Προποντῐ́ς • (Propontĭ́s) f (genitive Προποντῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Sea of Marmara

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Προποντῐ́ς; τῆς Προποντῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Προποντῐ́ς
hē Propontĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Προποντῐ́δος
tês Propontĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Προποντῐ́δῐ
tēî Propontĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Προποντῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Propontĭ́dă
Vocative Προποντῐ́ς
Propontĭ́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Προποντίς (Propontís)
  • Latin: Propontis

References

  • “Προποντίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Προποντίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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