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pontĭfĭcĭus , a, um, adj. id.,
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.
(α). pontĭfĭcĭi , ōrum, m. (sc. libri), the pontifical books, Amm. 17, 7, 10.—
(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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, On his House, 14
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.31
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.30
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.13.3
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