Ponties

See also: ponties

Paelignian

Etymology

Perhaps related to Latin Pontius, Quinctius, and Oscan Πομπτιες (Pompties). Conway suggests that the name is ultimately derived from a word referring to the fifth ordinal number, which in Proto-Italic was *kʷenktos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós.

Proper noun

Ponties m (nominative singular)

  1. a Paelignian gens or "family name"
    • Inscription from a bronze plate:
      st. ponties
      n. ponties
      v. alpis,
      tr. apidis.
      iouiois
      puclois sest.a.plens
      • Translation by Rex Wallace
        St. Pontius/ N. Pontius, V. Alpius/Tr. Apidius set up (i.e. dedicated) (this plate) to the sons of Jove.

References

  • Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 77
  • Jadranka Gvozdanovic, editor (3 June 2011), Indo-European Numerals‎[2], De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 411* Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[3] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 77
  • Robert Seymour Conway (1897), The Italic Dialects‎[4] (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, page 647
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