Unaccountably two Greek words formed on my lips: Homer's pontos atrygetos-the barren sea.
"Over Prairie Trails"
Frederick Philip Grove
If we must not do our best to pass our friend and brother, we must give up climbing forever, and go on all fours placably with Don and pontos.
"Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories"
Ouida