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
- T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pacem non impetrarent, uti prouocarent ad pugnam. Tum Pontius debellatum esse respondit; et, quoniam ne victi quidem..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...transeundum per hostium custodias erat. Ad eam rem Pontius Cominus impiger iuvenis operam pollicitus, incubans cortici secundo Tiberi..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...multo post supremi Tiberio consules, Cn. Acerronius C. Pontius, magistratum occepere, nimia iam potentia Macronis, qui gratiam..."