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Pomptinus

Pomptīnus (Pontīn-), a, um, adj.,
  • 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.—
  • II Subst.: Pomptī-num, i, n., the Pomptine district, Liv. 2, 34: inde Pomptinum sumam, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3 (Baiter).

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