N.T.
2.
base, cowardly,
Soph
.;
p. crwvmata
the
cowards
hue,
Xen.
ponhrovfilo"
ponhrov-fiØlo" , on , fond of bad men, Arist.
ponhtevon
ponhtevon , verb. Adj. of ponevw , one must toil, Plat.
povno"
povno" , oJ , ( pevnomai ) work, esp. hard work, toil, Lat. labor , in Hom. mostly of war, mavch" p . the toil of battle, and p . alone = mavch, povnon e[cein , = mavcesqai , Il.; oJ Mhdiko;" p . battle with the Medes, Hdt. ; oiJ Trwikoi; povnoi Id.
2.
generally,
toil, labour,
Il.,
etc.
3.
bodily exertion, exercise,
Eur
.,
Xen.
;
ejnavlio" p
., i.e. fishing,
Pind.
4.
a work, task, business,
ejpei; p. a[llo" e[peigen
Od.,
Soph.
5.
implements for labour, stock in trade,
Theocr
.;
povno" ejnti; qavlassa
the sea is their
workshop,
Mosch.
II.
the consequence of toil, distress, trouble, suffering, pain,
Il.,
etc.
III.
anything produced by work, a work,
trhto;" melissa`n p
., of honey,
Pind.
;
tou;" hJmetevrou" p
.
the fruits of
our
labour,
Xen.
IV. Povno" a mythol. person, son of Eris, Hes.
pontiav"
pontiav" , avdo", hJ , poët. fem. of povntio" , Pind. , Eur.
pontivzw
pontivzw , f. sw , ( povnto" ) to plunge in the sea, Aesch.
Pontikov"
Pontikov" , hv, ovn , from Pontus, Pontic, Il. devndreon , prob., the bird-cherry, Hdt.
povntio", Povntio"
povntio" , a, on , and o", on , ( povnto" ) of the sea, of Poseidon, h. Hom. , Soph. ; p. davkh sea monsters, Aesch. ; p. kuvmata Id.; a{/dh" povnto" , i.e. death by drowning, Id.
2.
by the sea,
of places,
Pind.
,
Aesch.
3.
in the sea,
of islands,
Pind.
; of ships,
Aesch.
,
etc.
4.
of persons,
devcesqai pontivou"
from the sea,
Eur
.;
ajfievnai povntion
into the sea,
Id.
5.
brough by sea
or
from beyond sea,
of iron,
Aesch.
povntisma
povntisma , ato", tov , ( pontivzw ) that which is cast into the sea, esp. as an offering, Eur.
pontovqen
pontovqen , Adv. from or out of the sea, Il.
pontoqhvrh"
ponto-qhvrh" , ou, oJ , one who fishes in the sea, Anth.