Ἑλλήσποντος

Ancient Greek

proper noun

Definitions

the Hellespont, later called the Dardanelles

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek Ἕλλης (of Helle) + Ancient Greek grc (seeming, belonging to, sea, power, glory, city, male name suffix, like, shield, appearing, of, pertaining to)+ Ancient Greek Ἕλλη + Ancient Greek πόντος (sea).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πόντος

Gloss

sea

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

海

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

arytenoid English
Hellespontus Latin
arytaenoides Latin
pontus Latin
acidaspide Italian
polyadène French
grc Ancient Greek
Διαγόρας Ancient Greek
Διογένης Ancient Greek
Διοκλῆς Ancient Greek
Διομήδης Ancient Greek
Διοφάνης Ancient Greek
Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
Καλλιόπη Ancient Greek
Κυνὸς Κεφαλαί Ancient Greek
Κυνὸς Σῆμα Ancient Greek
Προποντίς Ancient Greek
Σωκράτης Ancient Greek
κεχηνώδης Ancient Greek
κρήδεμνον Ancient Greek
κρουστός Ancient Greek
κτηνοβάτης Ancient Greek
κυνίδιον Ancient Greek
κυνόδους Ancient Greek
κυνόδων Ancient Greek
κυνόμαζον Ancient Greek
κυνόροδον Ancient Greek
λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
νεοδαμώδης Ancient Greek
παλαιοράφος Ancient Greek
ποντοπόρος Ancient Greek
πόντος Ancient Greek
στυλοβάτης Ancient Greek
συμφυρμός Ancient Greek
ψηφοφόρος Ancient Greek
ψιλογραφέω Ancient Greek
ἀλεκτρυών Ancient Greek
ἀρυταινοειδής Ancient Greek
ἀφαίρεσις Ancient Greek
ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
ἑνδέκατος Ancient Greek
ἕνδεκα Ancient Greek
Ἕλλη Ancient Greek
Ἕλλης Ancient Greek
Ἡρόδοτος Ancient Greek
ἰσοψηφία Ancient Greek
*pónteh₁s Proto-Indo-European