Proponticadj.n.

Brit.

/prə(ʊ)ˈpɒntɪk/, U.S.

/prəˈpɑn(t)ɪk/,

/proʊˈpɑn(t)ɪk/

Forms: 1600s Proponticke, 1600s–1700s Propontick, 1600s– Propontic. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: pro- prefix², Pontic adj.¹; Latin Ponticus.

Etymology: < pro- prefix² + Pontic adj.¹ (although this is apparently first attested slightly later in the relevant sense) or its etymon classical Latin Ponticus, after Propontis n. Compare classical Latin Propontiacus of the Propontis. With use as noun compare earlier Propontis n.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, designating, or situated in the region of the Sea of Marmara, between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea.In quot. 1603 probably: suggestive of the Sea of Marmara (the reference being perhaps to the powerful current flowing through it via the Bosporus and the Dardanelles).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > of northern hemisphere

Adriatic Sea?a1475

North Seas1548

Adriatic1603

Propontic1603

1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. Bb Her resolution was Proponticke right, And forward stem'd against the Moones retreat.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. E3 The fowle from the Proponticke spring, Fild all Th' Egean with their stemming ores.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 191 Histeria and Melicerta..had disguis'd themselves in the habits of men, and been ship'd away with the Proponticke troupes [Fr. les troupes du Propontide].

1750 tr. Virgil Georgics 21 As those who, homeward-bound, prepare to sail O'er the black Euxine, or Propontic streight [L. Pontus].

1762 S. Derrick Coll. Trav. II. ii. i. 93 A Description of the islands of Cerigo, Zia, and Andra; the Dardenelles described; of Gallipoli, and the Propontic-Sea.

1858 P. J. Bailey Age 199 Nor host immixed that by Propontic wave Its ranks deployed.

1884 A. De Vere Poet. Wks. VI. i. 210 Thy youth in Constantine's more beauteous Rome Washed by Propontic waves.

1902 Eng. Hist. Rev. 17 137 Declining to be delayed by the first invasion of southern Greece,..the attack on the Propontic cities, or even Chaeronea, he devotes a whole chapter to the congress of Corinth.

1954 H. J. Rose tr. R. Pettazzoni Ess. Hist. Relig. viii. 89 The specifically Apolline title..is bestowed in Thrace not only on Apollo but also, in the district of Selymbria, on the Propontic coast, on the Rider.

1995 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 99 354/2 Several cities in the Propontic and Pontic areas decided to produce Lysimachi, a popular coinage that was undoubtedly meant to meet the requirements of international trade.

B. n.

With the. The Sea of Marmara; = Propontis n. 1. Now rare.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 459 Like to the Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current..keepes due on To the Proponticke, and the Hellespont.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xiv. 589/2 The Ocean continually floweth into the Mediterranean Sea by the Straights of Gibraltar, and the Euxine always floweth into the same Sea by the Propontick.

1707 L. Echard Rom. Hist. (ed. 2) V. vi. 388 He..march'd back with his Army to Selybria, a Town upon the Propontick.

1762 S. Derrick Coll. Trav. II. ii. i. 106 The town is of a triangular figure, the largest side of which stretches from the seraglio to the seven towers, and flanks the Propontic.

1823 ‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly ii. 54 He no longer rushed Forth as of old, to clasp his shrinking bride, The pale Propontic, in his foaming arms.

1905 A. C. Swinburne Poems V. 417 He..may read..In my poems the bit that describes how the Hellespont joins the Propontic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propontic
释义	Proponticadj.n. Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈpɒntɪk/, U.S. /prəˈpɑn(t)ɪk/, /proʊˈpɑn(t)ɪk/ Forms: 1600s Proponticke, 1600s–1700s Propontick, 1600s– Propontic. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: pro- prefix², Pontic adj.¹; Latin Ponticus. Etymology: < pro- prefix² + Pontic adj.¹ (although this is apparently first attested slightly later in the relevant sense) or its etymon classical Latin Ponticus, after Propontis n. Compare classical Latin Propontiacus of the Propontis. With use as noun compare earlier Propontis n. A. adj. Of, relating to, designating, or situated in the region of the Sea of Marmara, between the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea.In quot. 1603 probably: suggestive of the Sea of Marmara (the reference being perhaps to the powerful current flowing through it via the Bosporus and the Dardanelles). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > of northern hemisphere Adriatic Sea?a1475 North Seas1548 Adriatic1603 Propontic1603 1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. Bb Her resolution was Proponticke right, And forward stem'd against the Moones retreat. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. E3 The fowle from the Proponticke spring, Fild all Th' Egean with their stemming ores. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. ii. 191 Histeria and Melicerta..had disguis'd themselves in the habits of men, and been ship'd away with the Proponticke troupes [Fr. les troupes du Propontide]. 1750 tr. Virgil Georgics 21 As those who, homeward-bound, prepare to sail O'er the black Euxine, or Propontic streight [L. Pontus]. 1762 S. Derrick Coll. Trav. II. ii. i. 93 A Description of the islands of Cerigo, Zia, and Andra; the Dardenelles described; of Gallipoli, and the Propontic-Sea. 1858 P. J. Bailey Age 199 Nor host immixed that by Propontic wave Its ranks deployed. 1884 A. De Vere Poet. Wks. VI. i. 210 Thy youth in Constantine's more beauteous Rome Washed by Propontic waves. 1902 Eng. Hist. Rev. 17 137 Declining to be delayed by the first invasion of southern Greece,..the attack on the Propontic cities, or even Chaeronea, he devotes a whole chapter to the congress of Corinth. 1954 H. J. Rose tr. R. Pettazzoni Ess. Hist. Relig. viii. 89 The specifically Apolline title..is bestowed in Thrace not only on Apollo but also, in the district of Selymbria, on the Propontic coast, on the Rider. 1995 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 99 354/2 Several cities in the Propontic and Pontic areas decided to produce Lysimachi, a popular coinage that was undoubtedly meant to meet the requirements of international trade. B. n. With the. The Sea of Marmara; = Propontis n. 1. Now rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 459 Like to the Ponticke Sea, Whose Icie Current..keepes due on To the Proponticke, and the Hellespont. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xiv. 589/2 The Ocean continually floweth into the Mediterranean Sea by the Straights of Gibraltar, and the Euxine always floweth into the same Sea by the Propontick. 1707 L. Echard Rom. Hist. (ed. 2) V. vi. 388 He..march'd back with his Army to Selybria, a Town upon the Propontick. 1762 S. Derrick Coll. Trav. II. ii. i. 106 The town is of a triangular figure, the largest side of which stretches from the seraglio to the seven towers, and flanks the Propontic. 1823 ‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly ii. 54 He no longer rushed Forth as of old, to clasp his shrinking bride, The pale Propontic, in his foaming arms. 1905 A. C. Swinburne Poems V. 417 He..may read..In my poems the bit that describes how the Hellespont joins the Propontic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1603
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