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pontus

pontus, the sea

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caelum undique et undique pontus
sky on all sides and sea on all sides

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

pontus , ī, m.: the sea; the deep, 2.295; wave, billow, 1.114.
pontus, i, m., = πόντος.
  • Lit., the sea (poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.): placidus, Lucr. 2, 559: pontus Libyae, Verg. A. 1, 556: caelum undique et undique pontus, id. ib. 3, 193 al.: aequora ponti, Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.: freta ponti, id. ib. 1, 356.—
  • II Poet., transf. *
    • A The deep: maris, Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. πόντος ἁλὸς πολιῆς, Il. 21, 59).—*
    • B A wave of the sea, sea-wave: ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit, Verg. A. 1, 114.

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