Ponce
m.
Latin Pontius, the name of a Roman gens, used by the Samnites, an Italic tribe. The gens name may derive from the region Pontus on the shores of the Black Sea.
The name of a Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus, a 3rd C Carthaginian saint, and a 12th C Spanish saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1352 Poncio (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 12
- France
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- Latin
- ● c11thC Poncius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 91;
1082x87 Poncius (nom) ibid. no. 120;
1083 Poncii (gen) ibid. no. 119;
1122–1126 Pontius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 3;
1135 Pontii (gen) ibid. 7,
Pontio (abl) ibid. 7,
Pontius (nom) ibid. 7;
1138x1162 Poncii (nom) ibid. 73,
Poncius (nom) ibid. 66,
Pontii (gen) ibid. 73,
Pontius (nom) ibid. 66;
1143x1146 Pontius (nom) ibid. 12;
1147 Poncii (gen) ibid. 16,
Pontii (gen) ibid. 15,
Pontius (nom) ibid. 14;
1147x1162 Poncii (gen) ibid. 47,
Pontii (gen) ibid. 47;
1155 Pontii (gen) ibid. 30;
1163 Poncii (gen) ibid. 95,
Pontii (gen) ibid. 95;
1258 Poncius (nom) CartNDdOurscamp VIII;
1259 Poncius (nom) ArrestReg-volI VII, Pentecost;
1261 Poncii (gen) ibid. VI, BMV;
1273 Poncium (acc) RegToul-13thC p. 19,
Pontii (gen) ibid. p. 26,
Pontio (abl) ibid. p. 27,
Pontius (nom) ibid. p. 26;
1274 Poncii (gen) ibid. p. 44,
Poncio (abl) ibid. p. 48,
Poncius (nom) ibid. p. 44,
Pontii (gen) ibid. p. 49,
Pontio (abl) ibid. p. 44,
Pontium (acc) ibid. p. 46,
Pontius (nom) ibid. p. 44;
1275 Pontio (abl) ibid. p. 42;
1378 Poncio (abl) hanquetvol1 32,
Poncius (nom) ibid. 32
- Old French
- ● 1313 Poince Paris1313 p. 76,
Ponche ibid. p. 66
- ◑ 1313 Poincet Paris1313 p. 102
- Middle French
- ◑ 1421 Poncelet favier 348,
Poncellet ibid. 1202;
1438 Poncet ibid. 446
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Ponç valencia1510 2899
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ◑ 14thCx1478 Poncetus (nom) Ob-SPVn (29)
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