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Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.

  1. I. L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia, Gell. 12, 10, 7.
  2. II. T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero, whose life is written by Nepos, Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.
  3. III. P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian, Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.
  4. IV. Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.
  5. V. M. Pomponius Matho, a prœtor, Liv. 22, 7; and augur, id. 29, 38.
  6. VI. Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century, author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.
    In fem.: Pompō-nĭa.
      1. 1. Daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, and wife of Q. Cicero, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2.
      2. 2. The mother of Scipio Africanus, Sil. 13, 615.
        Hence, Pompō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pomponius, Pomponian: nomina, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: versus, of the Atellane poet L. Pomponius, Gell. 10, 24, 5.