Propontis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προποντίς (Propontís).
Proper noun
Propontis
- (historical) Sea of Marmara
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προποντίς (Propontís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔˈpɔn.tɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈpɔn̪.t̪is]
Proper noun
Propontis f sg (genitive Propontidos or Propontidis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Propontis |
| genitive | Propontidos Propontidis |
| dative | Propontidī |
| accusative | Propontida Propontidem |
| ablative | Propontide |
| vocative | Propontis Proponti1 |
| locative | Propontidī Propontide |
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.