ponient

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• ponjent, ponyent (alternative spellings)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈnjent/

Noun

ponient m (usually uncountable)

1. Apocopic form of poniente; the west
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 28r:

     Jerico era cab el flume iordan aſo po niẽt uinierõ eſtas eſpinas aierico acaſa de mulier mercadera. q̃ auia nombre rab.

     Jericho was near the Jordan River, to its west. These spies came to Jericho to the house of a merchant woman by the name of Rahab.

Adjective

ponient (plural ponientes)

1. Apocopic form of poniente; west, westward
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 31r:

     Tras ierico al ſol poniẽt es la quarẽtena. O xp̃s aẏuno .xl. dias & .xl. noches alli ſuſo en el mõt o quiſo tentar el diablo a xp̃s.

     Behind Jericho, toward the setting sun, is the quarantine, where Christ fasted forty days and forty nights. There, on the mountain where the Devil attempted to tempt Christ.