pons

pon -s "Weg über etwas"; Brücke

From Proto-Italic *ponts, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).

Cognate with Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic пѫть (pǫtĭ, “road”). Doublet of Pontus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpõːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔns]

Noun

pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension

A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
(nautical) deck

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	pōns	pontēs
genitive	pontis	pontium
dative	pontī	pontibus
accusative	pontem	pontēs pontīs
ablative	ponte	pontibus
vocative	pōns	pontēs