Pomponius

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Latin

Etymology

From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), like Pompeius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pompōnius m sg (genitive Pompōniī or Pompōnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Titus Pomponius Atticus, a Roman editor and patron of letters
    2. Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Pompōnius
genitive Pompōniī
Pompōnī1
dative Pompōniō
accusative Pompōnium
ablative Pompōniō
vocative Pompōnī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

References

  • “Pomponius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pomponius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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