proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Pompōnius
Pompōnius m sg (genitive Pompōniī or Pompōnī)
Classical[pɔmˈpoː.ni.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[pomˈpɔː.ni.us]
Meaning
- Titus Pomponius Atticus, a Roman editor and patron of letters
- Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pompōnius | — |
| genitive | Pompōniī Pompōnī | — |
| dative | Pompōniō | — |
| accusative | Pompōnium | — |
| ablative | Pompōniō | — |
| vocative | Pompōnī | — |
Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f.,
I. name of a Roman gens.
I. L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia, Gell. 12, 10, 7.—
II. T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero, whose life is written by Nepos, Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.—
III. P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian, Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.—
IV. Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.—
V. M. Pomponius Matho, a prœtor, Liv. 22, 7; and augur, id. 29, 38.—
VI. Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century, author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.—In fem.: Pompō-nĭa.
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.Origins
From Oscan *pompe (“five”), like Pompeius.