Προποντίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.pon.tís/ → /pro.ponˈtis/ → /pro.ponˈdis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.pon.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pro.ponˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pro.ponˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pro.ponˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pro.ponˈdis/

Proper noun

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

1. Sea of Marmara

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Προποντῐ́ς; τῆς Προποντῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Προποντῐ́ς hē Propontís
Genitive	τῆς Προποντῐ́δος tês Propontídos
Dative	τῇ Προποντῐ́δῐ têi Propontídi
Accusative	τὴν Προποντῐ́δᾰ tḕn Propontída
Vocative	Προποντῐ́ς Propontís
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