Pontus

[ pon-tuhs ]

noun

1. an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
2. Also Pon·tos [] the ancient Greek personification of the sea.

Pontus

/ ˈpɒntəs /

noun

1. an ancient region of NE Asia Minor, on the Black Sea: became a kingdom in the 4th century bc ; at its height under Mithridates VI (about 115–63 bc ), when it controlled all Asia Minor; defeated by the Romans in the mid-1st century bc

Example Sentences

In this reign also suffered the celebrated Hippolytus, bishop of Pontus, and author of the Philosophoumena.

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With the exception of Pontus and Cappadocia, he had seen little of the rest, and depends upon historians and oral information.

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Pythodoris, who is at present queen in Pontus, and whom we have mentioned before, is his daughter.

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Orpiment, which is termed ἁρσενικὁν in Greek, is dug up in Pontus.

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The cloud burst over the road about sixty toises (383 feet) from the place where M. Pontus was.

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