πόντος

πόντος, ὁ: Ep. gen. ἐκ ποντόφιν Od. 24.83:—A. sea, esp. open sea, common from Hom. downwds., exc. in Prose, where it is chiefly used of special seas (v. infr. II); in the general sense, ὁπότε πνεῦμα ἐκ πόντου εἴη Th. 4.26, cf. Pl. R. 611e, Ti. 25a, LXX Ex. 15.5; π. ἀπείριτος, ἀπείρων, εὐρύς, μεγακήτης, Od. 10.195, Il. 1.350,6.291, Od. 3.158; π. ἠεροειδής, ἰοειδής, μέλας, οἶνοψ, 2.263, 11.107, Il. 24.79, 23.316; π. ἀτρύγετος, ἰχθυόεις, 15.27,19.378; opp. γαῖα, 8.479, etc.; κέλευθοι, πλάξ, πεδίον πόντου, Pi. P. 4.195,1.24, A. Fr. 150 (anap.); π. ἁλὸς πολιῆς the wide waters of the grey brine, Il. 21.59, Thgn. 10,106; πόντου γέφυρα, πύλαι, of the Isthmus, Pi. N. 6.39,10.27. 2. metaph., π. ἀγαθῶν Sophr. 159; π. χρυσίου Phoen. 1.2; ἐκπεσεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀνομοιότητος π. Pl. Plt. 273d (ap. Dam. Pr. 5). II. of special seas, π. Ἰκάριος, Γρηΐκιος, Il. 2.145, 23.230; ὁ Αἰγαῖος π. Hdt. 2.97, etc.; ὁ π. οὗτος Id. 4.177 (v.l.); Ἰόνιος, Σαρωνικός, Σικελός, E. Tr. 225 (lyr.), Hipp. 1200, Cyc. 703: esp. π. Εὔξεινος, Id. IT 125 (lyr., nisi leg. Ἄξεινος ) ; ὁ Εὔξεινος π. Hdt. 1.6, Th. 2.96,97 (called Ἄξεινος, E. IT 218 (lyr.)); generally called simply ὁ Πόντος or Πόντος, A. Pers. 878 (lyr.), Hdt. 7.147, Ar. V. 700, Arist. Mete. 354a14, al.; but Hdt. has also ὁ πόντος for the sea, 4.99, 177. 2. the country Pontus on the S. shore of the Black Sea, App. Mith. 8, etc.: Adj. Ποντικός (q.v.). III. personified as son of Gaia, Hes. Th. 132,233 sq. (Cogn. with πάτος, q.v.)