Pomptinus
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pomptīnus¹² (Pomt-, Pont-), a, um, Pontin (d’une contrée du Latium) : Pomptinus ager Liv. 6, 5, 2, le territoire Pontin ; Pomptina palus Plin. 3, 49 ; -tinæ paludes Plin. 26, 12, les Marais-Pontins ; Pomptina summa Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3, la partie haute du pays Pontin.
