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.
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpõːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔns]
pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension
- A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- (nautical) deck
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 |