pons
See also: Pons
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒnz/
- Rhymes: -ɒnz
Noun
pons (plural pontes)
- (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ
- (anatomy) A band of nerve fibres, the pons Varolii, within the brain stem
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Latin
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pōns (bridge)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit पथिन् (páthin), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”), and Old English findan (English find).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pons/, [põːs]
Noun
pōns m (genitive pontis); third declension
- A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
- Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pōns | pontēs |
Genitive | pontis | pontium |
Dative | pontī | pontibus |
Accusative | pontem | pontēs |
Ablative | ponte | pontibus |
Vocative | pōns | pontēs |
Derived terms
- pons Varolii (brain stem)
- pons asinorum
- ponticulus
- pontifex
- pontō
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References
- pons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to build a bridge over a river: pontem facere in flumine
- to build a bridge over a river: inicere pontem
- there is a bridge over the river: pons est in flumine
- to break down a bridge: pontem dissolvere, rescindere, interscindere (B. G. 2. 9. 4)
- (ambiguous) to build a bridge over a river: flumen ponte iungere
- to build a bridge over a river: pontem facere in flumine
- pons in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pons in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 479-480
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