Pomponius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pomˈpoː.ni.us/, [pɔmˈpoːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pomˈpo.ni.us/, [pomˈpɔːnius]

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

• Pompōnia
• Pompōniānus

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.