pontivagus

Latin

Etymology

From pontus (“sea”) +‎ vagus (“wandering”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ponˈti.u̯a.ɡus/, [pɔn̪ˈt̪iu̯äɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ponˈti.va.ɡus/, [pon̪ˈt̪iːväɡus]

Adjective

pontivagus (feminine pontivaga, neuter pontivagum); first/second-declension adjective

1. wandering over the sea

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pontivagus	pontivaga	pontivagum		pontivagī	pontivagae	pontivaga
genitive	pontivagī	pontivagae	pontivagī		pontivagōrum	pontivagārum	pontivagōrum
dative	pontivagō	pontivagae	pontivagō		pontivagīs
accusative	pontivagum	pontivagam	pontivagum		pontivagōs	pontivagās	pontivaga
ablative	pontivagō	pontivagā	pontivagō		pontivagīs
vocative	pontivage	pontivaga	pontivagum		pontivagī	pontivagae	pontivaga

Noun

pontivagus m (genitive pontivagī); second declension

1. wanderer of the sea
2. voyager, navigator

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pontivagus	pontivagī
genitive	pontivagī	pontivagōrum
dative	pontivagō	pontivagīs
accusative	pontivagum	pontivagōs
ablative	pontivagō	pontivagīs
vocative	pontivage	pontivagī

References

• “pontivagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pontivagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.