Pomptinum

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).