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. —
II. Subst.
(β).
pontĭfĭcĭum , ii, n.
A. Lit., the dignity of a pontiff or of a bishop (post-class.), Sol. 16 fin.; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 13.—
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.