Pontius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the gens name Pontii, of Samnite/Sabine origin, from Oscan 𐌐𐌏𐌍𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pontus), 𐌐𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌕𐌖𐌔 (pomptus), which by Oscan sound laws would be the equivalent of the Latin names Quintus, Quinctia, Quinctilia, all from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe (five). Or, from pons (bridge).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pontius m sg (genitive Pontiī or Pontī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
    1. Pontius Pilatus

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pontius
Genitive Pontiī
Pontī1
Dative Pontiō
Accusative Pontium
Ablative Pontiō
Vocative Pontī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: Ponç
  • French: Ponce
  • Italian: Ponzio
  • Occitan: Ponç
  • Romanian: Ponțiu
  • Vietnamese: Phongxiô (Catholic), Bôn-xơ (Protestant)

References

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  • Pontius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pontius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897), p. 127-129