pontum

pontum is a Latin form of pontus, meaning “the sea; (Pontus) the Black Sea, a kingdom on its coast”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or genitive plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of pons, “bridge”.

Found 123 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.130: quod autem est ad introitum Ponti, id, cum tam multa ex illo mari bella emerserint, tam multa porro in Pontum invecta sint, usque ad hanc diem integrum inviolatumque servatum est. hoc tertium, quod erat Syracusis, quod …

Vergil, Georgics 1.130: praedarique lupos iussit pontumque moveri,

All forms of pontus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.