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Pomptīnus (Pontīn- ), a, um, adj.,
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.—
II. Subst.: Pomptī-num , i, n., the Pomptine district, Liv. 2, 34: “inde Pomptinum sumam,” Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3 (Baiter).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.5.3
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 47
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.85
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.59
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 34
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 10.74
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