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|lshtext=<b>pōmērĭum</b>: and pōmoerĭum (the [[first]] is [[most]] freq. in inscrr., the [[latter]] in MSS.;<br /><b>I</b> [[but]] the [[better]] manuscripts [[have]] also, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, [[pomerium]]. A [[third]] form, [[post]]-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems [[merely]] to [[have]] been [[assumed]] from the etymology; a [[fourth]] archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale [[pomoerium]], qui [[auspicato]] [[olim]] [[quidem]] omnem urbem ambiebat [[praeter]] Aventinum ... estque prosimerium [[quasi]] proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. [[post]]-[[moerus]] = [[murus]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[open]] [[space]] [[left]] [[free]] from buildings [[within]] and [[without]] the walls of a [[town]], bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the [[city]] [[auspices]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710; Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: [[pomoerium]] intrare, transire, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: de pomoerii jure, id. Div. 2, 35, 75: sales [[intra]] pomeria nati, i. e. of the [[city]], Juv. 9, 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., bounds, limits ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): qui minore pomerio finierunt, [[who]] [[have]] prescribed narrower limits to [[themselves]], Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

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