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Pontius
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Latin
Etymology
la :bor osc:<alt:*ponto-><ety:inh<itc-pro:*kʷenktos>> 1
la osc *ponto-, itself from la itc-pro *kʷenktos. la Quintus.169220
Pronunciation
Pontius
Proper noun
Pontius<2>
a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
Pontius Pilatus
Declension
Pontius<2>
Derived terms
la Pontia
Descendants
ca Ponç
fr Ponce
it Ponzio
oc Ponç
ro Ponțiu
Vietnamese: Phongxiô Catholic, Bôn-xơ Protestant
References
George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897), p. 127-129
la nomina gentilia