Lexical Definition

‎Πόντιος‎ Póntios (pon'-tee-os) Pontius ^N:N-M-P
of Latin origin

Pontius.

• apparently bridged
• Pontius, a Roman

Abbott-Smith

Πόντιος, -ου, ὁ,
Pontius, the prænomen of Pilate (v.s. Πειλᾶτος), Mt 27:2 (Rec., WH, mg.), Lk 3:1, Ac 4:27, I Ti 6:13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

name of: Πιλᾶτος

Πόντιος-ιος, α, ον,

also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (Πόντιοςος):— of the sea, epithet of Poseidon, [Πόντιοςιε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1010 (Lyric poetry)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Θέτις, Νηρηΐδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δάκη sea monsters, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ὕδωρ, πέλαγος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύματα, θύελλα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾅδην π. πεφευγότες, i.e. death by drowning, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__b π. ῥάκη, of sponges or fragments of such, [Refs]
__2 by the sea, of places, Ἰσθμός, ἀκτή, Χρύση, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in the sea, of islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of those far out to sea, opposed to πρόσγειοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of ships, βάριδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of persons, ἱκέτας δέχεσθαι ποντίους from the sea,[Refs]; ἀφιέναι Πόντιοςιον into the sea, [Refs]
__5 brought by sea or from beyond sea, of iron, [Refs 4th c.BC+]