ποντίσματα

πόντισμα

that which is cast into the sea: neut nom /voc /acc pl

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `sea, high sea' (ep. Il.), often in PN, e.g. ὁ Εὔξεινος πόντος `the Black Sea', for which also (ὁ) Πόντος (IA.), also as name of the south coast of the Black Sea and a state there (App. a.o.).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. ποντο-πόρος `crossing the sea' (ep.Il.) with ποντοπορ-έω, - εύω `to cross the sea' (Od.; on the formation Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 62, 95 a. 368, Sommer Sybaris 146ff.); on Έλλήσποντος s. v.

Derivatives: 1. πόντ-ιος `belonging to the sea' (h. Hom., Pi.), f. - ιάς (Pi.); 2. - ικός `from Pontos' (IA.; Chantraine Études 109 f., 122); 3. - ίλος m. name of a mollusc (Arist.; s. ναυτ-ίλος); 4. - εύς m. name of a Phaeacian (θ 113; Bosshardt 100); 5. ποντ-ίζω (A., S.), sonst κατα- πόντος (Att., N. T.) `to sink in the sea' with ποντίσματα pl. n. `oblations sunk in the sea' (E.), καταποντ-ισμός m. `the drowning' (Isoc., LXX), - ιστής m. `one who throws in to the sea, lets drown' (Att.); 6. κατα-ποντ-όω `id.' (IA.); ποντ-όομαι `to form a sea' (Q.S.), - όω = - ίζω (Nic. Dam.) with - ωσις f. (Tz.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [808] * pont-eh₁-, *pn̥t-h₁- `path'

Etymology: As against the ο-stm in πόντος stand diff. formations in other languages in diff. meanings: in Indo-Iran. an ablauting pant(h)ā- (e.g. nom. sg. Skt. pánthā-ḥ, Av. pantā̊): path(i)- (e.g. instr. sg. path-ā́, paʮ-a, pl. pathí-bhiḥ, padǝ-bīš) m. `road, path'; in other languages a fullgrade i-stem: Arm. hun, gen. hn-i `ford', Lat. pons, gen. pl. ponti-um m. `bridge, passage', OCS pǫtь m. `road'. Both these widespread i-flexion and the Greek o-flexion have arisen from an older, in Indo-Iran. still living, rather complicated paradigm ( pont-eh₁-, pn̥t-h₁-). A deriv. of the in Skt. path-ā́ etc. appearing zerograde (IE *pn̥th₁-) is found in πάτος `road, path' (and in OPr. pintis `road'); s. on πατέω. Details on the morphology w. rich lit. in WP. 2, 26f., Pok. 808f., Mayrhofer s. pánthāḥ, W.-Hofmann s. pons, Vasmer s. putь. -- As orig. meaning. must be assumed `unpaved road, leading through country, water etc.'; cf. Benveniste Word 10, 256 f.; so πόντος prop. "fairway" (cf. ὑγρὰ κέλευθα) referring to a for a seefaring nation primary function of the sea. Cf. on θάλασσα, πέλαγος.

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Gift: P. and V. δῶρον, τό, χάρις, ἡ, δωρεά, ἡ, δόσις, ἡ, ἔρανος, ὁ, Ar. and V. δώρημα, τό (also Plat. but rare P.).

Dedicatory offering: P. and V. ἀνάθημα, τό.

Sacrifice: P. and V. θῦμα, τό, V. θύος, τό; see Sacrifice.

Tears I gave and made solemn offering of my hair: V. δάκρυα τʼ ἔδωκα καὶ κόμης ἀπηρξάμην (Eur., El. 91.).

First fruits: P. and V. ἀκροθίνια, τά (sing. sometimes in V.), ἀπαρχαί, αἱ (sing. Plat., Prot. 343^B). Bringing offerings of hair also libations from me: V. κόμης ἀπαρχὰς καὶ χοὰς φέρουσ(α)ʼ ἐμάς (Eur., Or. 96).

Offerings to the dead: P. and V. ἐντάφια, τά, V. κτερίσματα, τά.

Burnt offerings: V. ἔμπυρα, τά.

Offerings thrown into the sea: V. ποντίσματα, τά.