Pontus

American  

[pon-tuhs] / ˈpɒn təs /

noun

1. an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.

2. Also Pontos the ancient Greek personification of the sea.

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Pontus British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

In the Pontus, the language of the first Greek colonizers of Trebizond was the Ionic Greek of Sinope.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

In this work, by the Swedish choreographer Pontus Lidberg, rabbits are part of a nightmare, and an awfully Freudian one.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

“You can see the impact of selection in real time,” says Pontus Skoglund, a paleogeneticist at the Francis Crick Institute.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

Dr Pontus Skoglund, who heads the ancient genomics laboratory at the Crick, told BBC News that the new technology is transforming our understanding of the past.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

Pontus, which means the Deep Sea, was a son of Mother Earth and the father of Nereus, a sea-god far more important than he himself was.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton