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Pomptīnus (Pontīn-), a, um, adj.,

  1. I. Pomptine, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia: ager, Liv. 6, 5; Flor. 1, 13, 20: palus, Juv. 3, 307; and freq. in the plur. paludes, the extensive marshy district exposed to the inundations of the Amasenus and Ufens, still called the Pomptine (Pontine) Marshes, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 26, 4, 9, § 19; Suet. Caes. 47; Mart. 10, 74; Luc. 3, 85.
  2. II. Subst.: Pomptī-num, i, n., the Pomptine district, Liv. 2, 34: inde Pomptinum sumam, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3 (Baiter).

1. Pontĭa, ae, f., a woman notorious as the poisoner of her own children, Juv. 6, 638; Mart. 2, 34, 6; 4, 43, 5; 6, 75, 3 sq.

2. Pontia, ae, f., = Ποντία, an island in the Tuscan Sea, now Ponza, Suet. Tib. 54.
Plur.: Pontiae, ārum, the group of little islands which includes Ponza, Liv. 9, 28; Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81; Varr. L. L. 3, 5, 7.

pontĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. pons], a little bridge, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Cat. 17, 3; Col. 2, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 31; Inscr. Murat. 598.

1. Pontĭcus, a, um, v. 2. Pontus, II.

2. Pontĭcus, i, m., a poet, contemporary with Propertius, Prop. 1, 7, 1; Ov. Trist. 4, 10, 47; cf. id. P. 4, 16, 21 sq.; Prop. 1, 9, 9 sqq.

pontĭfex (pontŭ-), fĭcis [doubtless from pons-facio; but the original meaning is obscure], m.,

  1. I. a Roman high-priest, a pontiff, pontifex (cf.: antistes, sacerdos): pontifices, ut Q. Scaevola pontifex maximus dicebat, a posse et facere, Varr. L. L. 5, § 83 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20, on the laws of the Twelve Tables; id. de Or. 3, 19, 73; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; Liv. 1, 20; Ov. F. 6, 454; Hor. C. 3, 30, 9; 2, 14, 28; 3, 23, 12; id. Ep. 2, 1, 26; Juv. 6, 604. Their chief or president was called Pontifex Maximus, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; Liv. 3, 54; 25, 5 et saep.: MAIOR VESTAE, Inscr. (a. 353 p. Chr. n.) Orell. 3184: pontifices minores, a lower class of pontiffs, minor or sub- pontiffs: scribae pontificis, quos nunc minores pontifices appellant, Liv. 22, 57, 3; Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 12; Verr. Fl. Fast. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 408; Inscr. Cenot. Pisan. ap. Orell. 643: pontifices seu minores seu maximi, Lact. 5, 19, 12.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The Jewish high-priest: Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus, Vulg. Lev. 21, 10: Caiapham pontificem, id. Johan. 18, 24.
      Hence,
    2. B. In the Christian period, a bishop, Sid. Carm. 16, 6.

pontĭfĭcālis, e, adj. [pontifex], of or belonging to a pontifex, pontifical: insignia, Liv. 10, 7: auctoritas, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 52: honos, of the Pontifex Maximus, Ov. F. 3, 420: ludi, given by the Pontifex Maximus on his entrance into office, Suet. Aug. 44: lectio, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.

pontĭfĭcātus, ūs, m. [pontifex], the office or dignity of a pontifex, the pontificate, Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 18; Vell. 2, 59, 3; Tac. H. 1, 77; Suet. Calig. 12: pontificatus maximus. the office of a Pontifex Maximus, id. Caes. 13; 46; id. Aug. 31; id. Vitell. 11; id. Tit. 9.

pontĭfĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [pontifex],

  1. I. of or belonging to a pontifex, pontifical: libri, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84; id. Rep. 2, 31, 54: jus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 174, 7; Cic. Dom. 14.
  2. II. Subst.
          1. (α) pontĭfĭcĭi, ōrum, m. (sc. libri), the pontifical books, Amm. 17, 7, 10.
          2. (β) pontĭfĭcĭum, ii, n.
    1. A. Lit., the dignity of a pontiff or of a bishop (post-class.), Sol. 16 fin.; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 13.
    2. B. Transf., the power or right of doing any thing: is, cujus negotium id pontificiumque esset, Gell. 1, 13, 3; Cod. Th. 8, 18, 1; Symm. Ep. 3, 17; 10, 44; Arn. 2, 89.

pontīlis, e, adj. [1. pons], of or belonging to a bridge, bridge- (post-class.): stratus, perh. a wooden floor, Veg. Vet. 1, 56; 2, 58 Schneid.

Pontīnus, a, um, v. Pomptinus.

Pontĭus, i, m., the name of a gens, originally Samnite, afterwards Roman. So,

  1. I. C. Pontius, a leader of the Samnites, who surrounded the Romans in the Caudine Pass, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75; Liv. 9, 1; Flor. 1, 16, 10.
  2. II. L. Pontius Aquila, one of the assassins of Cœsar, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; Suet. Caes. 78.
  3. III. Pontius Pilatus, governor of Judœa in the time of Christ, Tac. A. 15, 44; Tert. Apol. 21; Lact. 4, 18; Sed. Carm. 5, 116.

* pontĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [1. pontusvagor], roaming over the sea; subst., one who sails over the sea, a voyager, navigator, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 487.

2. Pontus, i, m., = Πόντος.

    1. A. Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.
    2. B. Transf., the region about the Black Sea: Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.
      1. 2. In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.
        Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic: mare, Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18: terra, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94: populi, Mel. 1, 2, 6: pinus, Hor. C. 1, 14, 11: absinthium, Col. 12, 35: nuces, a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88: mures, ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200: serpens, the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114: radix, rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.; also called Rha, Amm. 22, 8, 28: Ponticus genere, Vulg. Act. 18, 2.
        As subst.
          1. (α) Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.
          2. (β) Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.