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Pomptīnus (Pontīn-), a, um, adj.,

  1. 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.
  2. II. Subst.: Pomptī-num, i, n., the Pomptine district, Liv. 2, 34: inde Pomptinum sumam, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3 (Baiter).

pondĕrābĭlis, e, adj. [pondero], that can be weighed, ponderable (post-class.): corpora, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 4.
Hence, adv.: pondĕrābĭlĭter, ponderably, Aug. Spec. 20.

‡ pondĕrāle, is, n. [pondus], the public scales, Inscr. Rein. cl. 7, n. 15; v. ponderarium.

pondĕrans, antis, Part. and P. a., from pondero.

‡ pondĕrārĭum, ii, n. [pondero], the place where public weights are kept and things are weighed, the public scales, Inscr. Orell. 144 and 4344.

pondĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [pondus], a weighing, poising (post-Aug.); plur., Vitr. 10, 3, 7: aequā ponderatione confici, Theod. Prisc. 1, 13; Vulg. Ecclus, 6, 15.

pondĕrātor, ōris, m. [pondero], a weigher (post-class.): De ponderatoribus, Cod. Th. 7, 12; Cod. Just. 71, 10: ponderator spirituum Dominus, Vulg. Prov. 16, 2; cf.: ponderator, σταθμιστὴς ἢ ζυγοστάτης, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

‡ pondĕrātūra, ae, f. [pondero], a weighing: σταθμός, ponderatura, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

pondĕrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from pondero.

* pondĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [pondus], weight: hominis (or nominis), Att. ap. Non. 156, 6.

pondĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pondus], to weigh a thing (syn. examino).

  1. I. Lit.: granum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: semper amatorum ponderat illa sinus, Prop. 2, 13 (3, 8), 12: pugnos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156: in unum omnia ponderata confunduntur, Scrib. Comp. 106.
  2. II. Trop., to weigh in the mind, to ponder, consider, reflect upon (class.): imprimis, quo quisque animo fecerit, ponderandum est, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: momento suo unamquamque rem ponderandam, id. Font. 6, 21: verborum delectum aurium judicio, id. de Or. 3, 37, 150: omnia voluptatibus et doloribus, id. Leg. 1, 13, 39: quid quisque admiserit non ex crimine, sed ex moribus ejus … est ponderandum, id. Sull. 25, 69: non ex libidine aut levitate testium causas honestorum hominum ponderari, id. ib. 28, 89: non esse fidem ex fortunā ponderandam, id. Part. 34, 117: causas non ratione, sed verbis, id. Caecil. 21, 61: consilia eventis, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: dum inventa ponderant et dimetiuntur, Quint. 8 prooem. § 27.
    Hence,
    1. A. pon-dĕrans, antis, P. a., in a neuter sense, weighing, weighty, heavy (post-class.): affectu ponderantiore, Sid. Ep. 8, 6 med. dub. (al. ponderatiore).
    2. B. pondĕrātus, a, um, P. a., weighed, pondered, well considered: ponderatiora beneficia, Nep. Fragm. 2 (v. also under ponderans).
      Hence, adv.: pondĕrātē, with due consideration (late Lat.), Hier. in Psa. 36; pondĕrātim, Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

pondĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [pondus], of great weight, weighty, heavy, ponderous.

  1. I. Lit.: compedes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 64: frumentum, Varr. R. R. 1, 52 fin.: verbera, Val. Max. 1, 8 fin.
    Comp.:     lana ponderosior, Varr. R. R. 2, 11; Plin. 21, 17, 67, § 107.
    Sup.: ponderosissimi lapides, Plin. 36, 19, 30, § 138.
  2. II. Trop.: ponderosa epistola, weighty, significant, Cic. Att. 2, 11, 1: vox, weighty, imposing, Val. Max. 6, 4, 1 ext.

pondĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. [pondus], a small weight (late Lat.), Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 4.

pondo, adv. [abl. from pondus], by weight, in weight.

  1. A. In gen.: neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi, an ounce weight, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8: ut exercitus coronam auream dictatori libram pondo decreverit, a pound in weight, weighing a pound, Liv. 3, 29; 4, 20: vettonicae tusae pondo libra, Plin. 26, 7, 19, § 33: pretium in pondo libras denarii duo, id. 33, 12, 56, § 158: styracis, resinae terebinthinae pondo sextantes, Cels. 5, 25, 16: sextarium aquae cum dodrante pondo mellis diluunt, Col. 12, 12: argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inferre, Gell. 2, 24, 2.
  2. B. In partic., with numerals, as the usual measure of weight, as subst. indecl., pounds (sc. libra; freq. and class.): COMPEDIBVS QVINDECIM PONDO … VINCITO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum: quot pondo te censes esse nudum? Plaut. As. 2, 2, 33: auri quinque pondo abstulit, Cic. Clu. 64, 179: argenti pondo viginti millia, Caes. B. C. 2, 18; Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 51; 11, 42, 97, § 241: fulmen aureum quinquaginta pondo auri, Liv. 22, 1, 17.
    Gen.: rettuli auri pondo mille octingentūm septuaginta, Varr. ap. Non. 149, 19: corona aurea pondo ducentūm, id. ib. 163, 33.

pondus, ĕris, n. [pendo], a weight.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., a weight used in a scale, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69: pondera ab Gallis allata iniqua, Liv. 5, 48 fin.: utuntur taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro numo, Caes. B. G. 5, 12; Dig. 19, 1, 32: pondera publica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 246 Müll.
      1. 2. In partic., the weight of a pound, a pound (very rare for the usual pondo): dupondius a duobus ponderibus, quod unum pondus assipondium dicebatur. Id ideo, quod as erat libra pondus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.: argenti pondera quinque, Mart. 7, 53, 12.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. In abstr.
        1. a. Heaviness, weight of a body: moveri gravitate et pondere, Cic. Fat. 11, 24; 10, 22; 20, 46; id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: magni ponderis saxa, Caes. B. G. 2, 29; 7, 22: emere aliquid pondere, by weight, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 29; 35, 17, 57, § 197; Tac. A. 6, 26; cf.: in his quae pondere constant, Dig. 18, 1, 35 med.; Gai. Inst. 2, 196: id, quod pondere continetur, Dig. 30, 1, 47.
        2. b. In plur.: pondera, balance, equipoise, equilibrium: pendebat in aëre tellus Ponderibus librata suis, Ov. M. 1, 13; so Luc. 1, 57; cf. Lucr. 2, 218 and 6, 574: trans pondera (corporis) dextram Porrigere (= ultra libramentum sive aequilibrium corporis), out of balance, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 51; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 380 sq.; cf. also: quis libravit in pondere montes et colles in staterā? Vulg. Isa. 40, 12.
      2. 2. In concr.
        1. a. A heavy body, a weight, mass, load, burden: in terram feruntur omnia suo nutu pondera, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: grande auri pondus, id. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45; so, innumerabile pondus auri, id. Sest. 43, 93: magnum argenti pondus expositum, Caes. B. C. 3, 96: aeris magnum pondus, id. ib. 3, 103; Stat. Th. 6, 648: immania pondera baltei, Verg. A. 10, 496: Spartani pondera disci, Mart. 14, 164, 1.
          Poet., of the fruit of the womb, Ov. M. 9, 684; id. Am. 2, 14, 14; Prop. 4, 1, 96 (5, 1, 100); Mart. 14, 151; of the privy parts, Cat. 63, 5; Stat. S. 3, 4, 77.
        2. b. A quantity, number, multitude (anteclass. and very rare): magnum pondus omnium artificum, Varr. ap. Non. 466, 5.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Weight, consequence, importance, consideration, influence, authority, etc. (class.; cf. momentum): persona non qualiscumque testimonii pondus habet, Cic. Top. 19, 73: grave ipsius conscientiae pondus est, id. N. D. 3, 35, 85; cf.: (honestas) aut sola expetenda est … aut certe omni pondere gravior habenda quam reliqua omnia, id. Off. 3, 8, 35: id est maximi momenti et ponderis, id. Vatin. 4, 9: qui pondus habent, id. Att. 11, 6, 1: habet vim in ingenio et pondus in vitā, id. de Or. 2, 74, 302: magnum pondus accessit ad tollendum dubitationem, judicium et consilium tuum, id. Fam. 11, 29, 1: ut is intellegat, hanc meam commendationem magnum apud te pondus habuisse, id. ib. 13, 25; cf.: ut is intellegat meas apud te litteras maximum pondus habuisse, id. Fam. 12, 27; 13, 35, 2: tuae litterae maximi sunt apud me ponderis, id. ib. 2, 19, 2: ejus filius eodem est apud me pondere, quo fuit ille, id. Att. 10, 1. 1.
      Of style: omnium verborum ponderibus est utendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: fabula sine pondere et arte, Hor. A. P. 320; cf.: nugis addere pondus, id. Ep. 1, 19, 42.
    2. B. Oppressive weight, burden (poet. for onus): curarum, Luc. 9, 951; Stat. Th. 4, 39: rerum, Ov. Tr. 2, 237; Mart. 6, 64, 14: tauri ruentis In Venerem tolerare pondus, Hor. C. 2, 5, 4: amara senectae Pondera, Ov. M. 9, 438: Constantius, insolentiae pondera gravius librans, Amm. 14, 5, 1.
    3. C. Weight of character, i. e. firmness, constancy (poet.): nulla diu femina pondus habet, Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 22: nostri reverentia ponderis obstat, Stat. Th. 1, 289: hilaris, tamen cum pondere, virtus, id. S. 2, 3, 65; cf. id. ib. 5, 3, 246.

ponduscŭlum, i, n. dim. [pondus], a small weight (post-Aug.): saxi, Col. 12, 51: si cooriatur procella, apprehensi pondusculo lapilli (apes) se librant, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 24.

pōne, adv. and prep. [for posine, posne; cf. Gr. πύματος, the last, and v. post].

  1. I. Adv., after, behind, back, = post, a tergo (opp. ante, before; rare and mostly poet.; by Quint., 8, 3, 25, considered as archaic; cf. also: pone gravi sono antiqui utebantur pro loci significatione, Fest. p. 249 Müll.; Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 16): (moveri) et ante et pone, ad laevam et ad dextram, Cic. Univ. 13 fin.: (remiges) Pone petunt, exim referunt ad pectora tonsas, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. tonsam, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 236 Vahl.): pone venire, Prop. 3, 15, 30 (4, 14, 28): pars cetera pontum Pone legit, Verg. A. 2, 208: pone subit conjux, id. ib. 2, 725: pone sequens, id. ib. 10, 226; Sil. 8, 561: respicere, Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.
    With vorsum, behind, backwards: pone vorsum illac mare est, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.; cf. infra fin.
  2. II. Prep. with acc., behind (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.): pone quos aut ante labantur, Cic. Univ. 10 fin.: pone me, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 1; cf.: pone nos recede, id. Poen. 3, 2, 34: pone aedem Castoris, id. Curc. 4, 1, 20; id. Trin. 3, 2, 37: pone castra, Liv. 40, 30 fin.: aedes Africani pone Veteres, id. 44, 16, 10: vinctae pone tergum manus, Tac. H. 3, 85; so, pone tergum insurgebat silva, id. A. 2, 16; id. H. 2, 83; 3, 60; 4, 82: comam pone verticem submittere, Suet. Ner. 51; id. Tib 68; Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1; Sen. ad Marc. 9, 3; Just. 2, 7, 8.
    With vorsus: postquam auspicaviatque exercitum adduxi pone vorsus castra hostium, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308: posivi, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.: posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris, id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIERunt, Inscr. Orell. 5061: POSIT, contr. from posivit, ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = προτί, πρός, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: tabulas in aerario ponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 108: castra, to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.: castra iniquo loco, id. ib. 1, 81: milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit, id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50: tabulas obsignatas in publico, Cic. Fl. 9, 21: sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi, Liv. 38, 35, 4: tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur, Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12: collum in Pulvere, Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.: artus in litore ponunt, Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.: saxo posuit latus, Val. Fl. 4, 378: in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt, seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.
      With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione): Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit, Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: stipes erat, quem … in flammam triplices posuere sorores, Ov. M. 8, 452: omnia pone feros in ignes, id. R. Am. 719: oleas in solem, Cato, R. R. 7: coronam in caput, Gell. 3, 15, 3.
      With sub and abl.: pone sub curru nimium propinqui, Hor. C. 1, 22, 21: fundamenta, Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3: ubi pedem poneret non habebat, might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69: genu or genua, to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13: num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit? id. 4, 6, 28: oculos, to cast one’s eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6: faciem, to turn one’s face, id. ib. 42, 15.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops: ibi praesidium ponit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5: praesidium ibi, id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.: legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā, id. ib. 3, 34: insidias contra aliquem, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.
      2. 2. To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.): opus, Ov. M. 8, 160: templa, Verg. A. 6, 19: aras, id. ib. 3, 404: tropaeum, Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so, in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita, in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.
      3. 3. Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art: Alcimedon duo pocula fecit … Orpheaque in medio posuit, Verg. E. 3, 46: hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum, Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.
      4. 4. To set, set out, plant trees, etc. (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites, Verg. E. 1, 74: vitem, Col. 4, 1; cf.: ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die, planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.
      5. 5. To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium; Ille suum anulum opposuit, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76: pocula fagina, Verg. E. 3, 36: invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit, id. A. 5, 292: praemia, id. ib. 5, 486: praemium, Liv. 41, 23, 10.
      6. 6. In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.: pecuniam apud aliquem, id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165: dives positis in fenore nummis, Hor. A. P. 421: pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere, id. Epod. 2, 70.
      7. 7. To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere): Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit, Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.: custos frumento publico est positus, Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3: puer super hoc positus officium, Petr. 56, 8.
      8. 8. To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81: posito pavone, Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422: positi Bacchi cornua, Ov. A. A. 1, 231: vinum, Petr. 34, 7: calidum scis ponere sumen, Pers. 1, 53: porcum, Mart. 8, 22, 1: da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Juv. 5, 135.
      9. 9. To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere): cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.: veste positā, id. ib. 1, 47, 113: velamina, Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.: velamina de corpore, id. M. 4, 345: arma, Caes. B. G. 4, 37: sarcinam, Petr. 117, 11: barbam, Suet. Calig. 5; cf.: bicolor positis membrana capillis, Pers. 3, 10: libros de manibus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.: cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.
      10. 10. To lay out for the grave: toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater, Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.
        Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter (poet. and in post-class. prose; syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto, Lucr. 3, 871: te … patriā decedens ponere terrā, Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480: ubi corpus meum positum fuerit, Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370: IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT, ib. 4550; 4495: HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES, Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.
      11. 11. Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider: si bene calculum ponas, Petr. 115, 16: examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone, Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin.
      12. 12. To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono): qui suas ponunt in statione comas, Ov. A. A. 3, 434: quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas? id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.
      13. 13. To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta, Hor. C. 1, 3, 16: magnos cum ponunt aequora motus, Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.
        Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate (poet. and late Lat.): cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus, Verg. A. 7, 27: tum Zephyri posuere, id. ib. 10, 103: simul ac ventus posuit, Gell. 2, 30, 2.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.): pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115: at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui, id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam): se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere, Liv. 44, 14, 7: in laude positus, Cic. Sest. 66, 139: aliquem in metu non ponere, i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55: virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere, id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9: aliquid in conspectu animi, id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.: sub uno aspectu ponere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199: super cor, to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.
      With in and acc.: te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.
      Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate’s decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon: credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: spem in aliquo, id. ib. 6, 1, 11: salutis auxilium in celeritate, Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.: spem salutis in virtute, id. ib. 5, 34, 2: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.
        In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon: ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis, Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22: omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate, id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27: in te positum est, ut, etc., id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8.
      2. 2. To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing: tempus in cogitatione ponere, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit, id. Fam. 9, 24, 4: diem totum in considerandā causā, id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6: sumptum, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.: totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione, id. Mur. 22, 45: id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus, id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere, id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.: itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat, id. Att. 11, 22, 2.
      3. 3. To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things: mortem in malis, Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29: in beneficii loco, id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20: si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum, id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: in laude, to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71: in vitiis poni, to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.
      4. 4. To appoint, ordain, make something: leges, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: festos laetosque ritus, Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore, to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere): sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63: qui tibi nomen Insano posuere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3: pecuniae, Dig. 46, 3, 89.
      5. 5. To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods: Veneri ponere vota, Prop. 3, 12, 18: nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25: hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes, Hor. C. 3, 26, 6: libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo, Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit, Nep. Paus. 2, 3.
      6. 6. In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.: quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100: recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc., id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25: positum sit igitur in primis, etc., Cic. Or. 4, 14: hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc., id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato, id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48: pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii, id. Brut. 45, 165: aliquid pro certo ponere, Liv. 10, 9 fin.: nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant … Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur, Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.
      7. 7. Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance: eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68: perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum, id. ib. 1, 47, 88: ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum, id. Top. 11, 50: horum exempla posui ex jure civili, id. ib. 14, 58: horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus, Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.
      8. 8. To set before the mind, represent, describe: nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc., Pers. 1, 70: pone Tigellinum, Juv. 1, 155.
      9. 9. To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere): mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis? Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2: ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo, id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.: ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet, id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7: ponere praemium, Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.: doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito, id. Lael. 5, 17; so, cum ita positum esset, videri, etc., id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.
      10. 10. To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere): vitam propera ponere, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4: vitia, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: dolorem, id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6: curas, Liv. 1, 19: metum, Plin. Ep. 5, 6: iram, Hor. A. P. 160: moras, id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816: animos feroces, Liv. 8, 1: corda ferocia, Verg. A. 1, 302: vires (flammae), id. ib. 5, 681: ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse, had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also, tirocinium, Just. 12, 4, 6: animam, to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.
        Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, Liv. 6, 10, 5: dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet, id. 4, 10, 3; cf.: positis armis, id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.
      11. 11. To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.): cornu tuum ponam ferreum, Vulg. Mich. 4, 13: posuit me desolatam, id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi: ponam Samariam quasi acervum, id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.: posuerunt eam in ruinam, id. Isa. 23, 13.
      12. 12. To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.
        Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere: Roma in montibus posita, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: Delos in Aegaeo mari posita, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: portus ex adverso urbi positus, Liv. 45, 5: tumulus opportune ad id positus, id. 28, 13: urbs alieno solo posita, id. 4, 17.
        Poet.: somno positus = sopitus, lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

1. pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. πάτος; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.

  1. I. In gen.: pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, § 117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat, to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3: in Histro flumine, Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so, inicere pontem, Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19: flumen ponte jungere, Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1: amnem ponte junxit, id. 4, 9, 9: imponere pontem flumini, id. 5, 1, 22: pontibus palude constratā, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: pontem navibus efficere, Tac. A. 6, 37: ponte flumen transgredi, id. ib. 13, 39; also: ponte flumen transmittere, Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and: ponte flumen traicere, Flor. 4, 12, 22: interscindere pontem, to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also, rescindere, Nep. Milt. 3, 4: interrumpere, Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3: rumpere, Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68: abrumpere, id. H. 3, 6: recidere, Curt. 4, 16, 8: solvere, Tac. A. 1, 69: dissolvere, Nep. Them. 5, 1: vellere, Verg. A. 8, 650: partem pontis rescindere, Caes. B. G. 6, 29.
    Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116: aliquis de ponte, i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.
    Plur.: plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti, a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.
    2. B. A wooden drawbridge, to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town or fortress, Tac. A. 4, 51; Suet. Aug. 20.
    3. C. A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.
    4. D. The deck of a ship on which the military engines were placed, Tac. A. 2, 6.
    5. E. A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.
  3. F. A wooden bridge on a narrow wall between two towers, Verg. A. 9, 170.

2. Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.

  1. I. Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.
  2. II. Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.
  3. III. Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

1. Pontĭa, ae, f., a woman notorious as the poisoner of her own children, Juv. 6, 638; Mart. 2, 34, 6; 4, 43, 5; 6, 75, 3 sq.

2. Pontia, ae, f., = Ποντία, an island in the Tuscan Sea, now Ponza, Suet. Tib. 54.
Plur.: Pontiae, ārum, the group of little islands which includes Ponza, Liv. 9, 28; Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81; Varr. L. L. 3, 5, 7.

pontĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. pons], a little bridge, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; Cat. 17, 3; Col. 2, 2, 11; Suet. Caes. 31; Inscr. Murat. 598.

1. Pontĭcus, a, um, v. 2. Pontus, II.

2. Pontĭcus, i, m., a poet, contemporary with Propertius, Prop. 1, 7, 1; Ov. Trist. 4, 10, 47; cf. id. P. 4, 16, 21 sq.; Prop. 1, 9, 9 sqq.

pontĭfex (pontŭ-), fĭcis [doubtless from pons-facio; but the original meaning is obscure], m.,

  1. I. a Roman high-priest, a pontiff, pontifex (cf.: antistes, sacerdos): pontifices, ut Q. Scaevola pontifex maximus dicebat, a posse et facere, Varr. L. L. 5, § 83 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20, on the laws of the Twelve Tables; id. de Or. 3, 19, 73; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; Liv. 1, 20; Ov. F. 6, 454; Hor. C. 3, 30, 9; 2, 14, 28; 3, 23, 12; id. Ep. 2, 1, 26; Juv. 6, 604. Their chief or president was called Pontifex Maximus, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 18; id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; Liv. 3, 54; 25, 5 et saep.: MAIOR VESTAE, Inscr. (a. 353 p. Chr. n.) Orell. 3184: pontifices minores, a lower class of pontiffs, minor or sub- pontiffs: scribae pontificis, quos nunc minores pontifices appellant, Liv. 22, 57, 3; Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 12; Verr. Fl. Fast. ap. Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 408; Inscr. Cenot. Pisan. ap. Orell. 643: pontifices seu minores seu maximi, Lact. 5, 19, 12.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The Jewish high-priest: Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus, Vulg. Lev. 21, 10: Caiapham pontificem, id. Johan. 18, 24.
      Hence,
    2. B. In the Christian period, a bishop, Sid. Carm. 16, 6.

pontĭfĭcālis, e, adj. [pontifex], of or belonging to a pontifex, pontifical: insignia, Liv. 10, 7: auctoritas, Cic. Leg. 2, 21, 52: honos, of the Pontifex Maximus, Ov. F. 3, 420: ludi, given by the Pontifex Maximus on his entrance into office, Suet. Aug. 44: lectio, Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.

pontĭfĭcātus, ūs, m. [pontifex], the office or dignity of a pontifex, the pontificate, Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 18; Vell. 2, 59, 3; Tac. H. 1, 77; Suet. Calig. 12: pontificatus maximus. the office of a Pontifex Maximus, id. Caes. 13; 46; id. Aug. 31; id. Vitell. 11; id. Tit. 9.

pontĭfĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [pontifex],

  1. 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.
  2. II. Subst.
          1. (α) pontĭfĭcĭi, ōrum, m. (sc. libri), the pontifical books, Amm. 17, 7, 10.
          2. (β) pontĭfĭcĭum, ii, n.
    1. A. Lit., the dignity of a pontiff or of a bishop (post-class.), Sol. 16 fin.; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 13.
    2. 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.

pontīlis, e, adj. [1. pons], of or belonging to a bridge, bridge- (post-class.): stratus, perh. a wooden floor, Veg. Vet. 1, 56; 2, 58 Schneid.

Pontīnus, a, um, v. Pomptinus.

Pontĭus, i, m., the name of a gens, originally Samnite, afterwards Roman. So,

  1. I. C. Pontius, a leader of the Samnites, who surrounded the Romans in the Caudine Pass, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75; Liv. 9, 1; Flor. 1, 16, 10.
  2. II. L. Pontius Aquila, one of the assassins of Cœsar, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; Suet. Caes. 78.
  3. III. Pontius Pilatus, governor of Judœa in the time of Christ, Tac. A. 15, 44; Tert. Apol. 21; Lact. 4, 18; Sed. Carm. 5, 116.

* pontĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [1. pontusvagor], roaming over the sea; subst., one who sails over the sea, a voyager, navigator, Poët. ap. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 487.

ponto, ōnis, m. [1. pons].

  1. I. A kind of Gallic transport, a punt, Caes. B. C. 3, 29.
  2. II. A floating bridge, a pontoon, Aus. Idyll. 12, 10; Dig. 8, 3, 38; Gell. 10, 25, 5.

‡ pontonĭum, ĭi, n. dim. [ponto], a small punt, acc. to Isid. Orig. 19, 1.

† 1. pontus, i, m., = πόντος.

  1. I. Lit., the sea (poet. for mare): mulserat huc navem pontus, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.): placidus, Lucr. 2, 559: pontus Libyae, Verg. A. 1, 556: caelum undique et undique pontus, id. ib. 3, 193 al.: aequora ponti, Lucr. 1, 8; 2, 772; Verg. G. 1, 469; cf.: freta ponti, id. ib. 1, 356.
  2. II. Poet., transf.
    1. * A. The deep: maris, Verg. A. 10, 377 (a poetic pleonasm, like the Homer. πόντος ἁλὸς πολιῆς, Il. 21, 59).
    2. * B. A wave of the sea, sea-wave: ingens a vertice pontus In puppim ferit, Verg. A. 1, 114.

2. Pontus, i, m., = Πόντος.

    1. A. Lit., the Black Sea, called in full Pontus Euxinus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; 1, 39, 94; Val. Fl. 8, 180 al.
    2. B. Transf., the region about the Black Sea: Medea ex eodem Ponto profugisse, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22; Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1.
      1. 2. In partic., Pontus, a district in Asia Minor, between Bithynia and Armenia, the kingdom of Mithridates, afterwards a Roman province, Verg. G. 1, 58; Cic. Agr. 1, 2, 6; 2, 19, 5; id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7; Vell. 2, 40, 1; Flor. 3, 6, 8 al.
        Hence, Pontĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pontus, Pontic: mare, Liv. 40, 21; Mel. 2, 1, 5; Flor. 3, 5, 18: terra, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 94: populi, Mel. 1, 2, 6: pinus, Hor. C. 1, 14, 11: absinthium, Col. 12, 35: nuces, a kind of hazel-nuts, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88: mures, ermines, id. 8, 37, 55, § 132; 10, 73, 93, § 200: serpens, the dragon that watched the golden fleece, Juv. 14, 114: radix, rhubarb, Cels. 5, 23 fin.; also called Rha, Amm. 22, 8, 28: Ponticus genere, Vulg. Act. 18, 2.
        As subst.
          1. (α) Pontĭci, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Pontus, Flor. 3, 5, 12; 23.
          2. (β) Pontĭcum, i, n., = 2. Pontus, the Black Sea, Flor. 3, 6, 10.