pontius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Pontius, Pontia, Pontium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
Pontius; Roman gens; a Sammite leader; (P~ Pilatus, prefect of Judea 26-36 AD);
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →Pontius, Ponti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
Pontius; (Roman gens name); (Pontius Pilatus, prefect of Judea 26-36 AD);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pacem non impetrarent, uti prouocarent ad pugnam. Tum Pontius debellatum esse respondit; et, quoniam ne victi quidem..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...transeundum per hostium custodias erat. Ad eam rem Pontius Cominus impiger iuvenis operam pollicitus, incubans cortici secundo Tiberi..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...multo post supremi Tiberio consules, Cn. Acerronius C. Pontius, magistratum occepere, nimia iam potentia Macronis, qui gratiam..."