PON 
POP 
POP 
cause it to be shaved. Ovid, vestimenta 
tie corpore. Cic. libros de manibus. 
So, also, Virg. Positum semen. — 
Hence, figur. to lay aside, leave off, put 
away, forego, give up, omit. Liv. curas. 
Ovid, vitia, metum. Liv. animos fero- 
ces. Ovid, amorern. Cic. vitam, h. e. 
to lay down, lose, end. Virg. Incendia 
vires posuere. Hence, Cic. ambitum 
verboruin, h. e. to end with a grace. Liv. 
rudimentum, or, Justin, tirocinium, h. e. 
to give the first proof of his skill. Suet. 
Oth. 7. Ed. Em. orationem, h. e. to hold 
or make. - IT Also, to give, impose. 
Cic. nomen alicui rei. So, also, Ovid. 
Nomen positum.-IT Also, to lay out, 
spend. Horat. pecuniam fenori, h. e. to 
put out to usury, lay out at interest. So, 
also, Cic. pecuniam apud aliquem, sc. 
fenori. Id. sumptum melius, h. e. to 
spend in a better manner. — Hence, figur. 
Cic. curam, operam in re, li. e. to bestow 
upon. Id. diem in consideranda re. 
hi. se in rebus contemplandis, li. c. to 
occupy himself with. Ilorat. Otia recte 
ponere. -IT Also, to expose. Plaut. 
caput suum periculo, li. e. to danger. 
-IT Also, to give, impress. Propert 
oscula in labellis, li. e. to kiss. -IT Al¬ 
so, to give as a pledge, stake, wager, bet 
lay. Plaut. and Virg. -IT Also, to 
have. Plaut. spem, h. e. to hope. - 
IT Also, to make, hold. Colum. rationetn 
cum aliquo. (See above.) Sueton. ora¬ 
tionem. (See above.) Plin. Ep. calcu- 
103, h. e. to consider rightly, calculate. - 
IT Plaut. Posivi, for poSui_ Lucret. Pos- 
tus, a, um, for positus. 
?oNS (probably derived from pono,/or id 
quod ponitur), tis, m. a bridge across a 
river, morass, &c., yLpvpa. Nep. Pon- 
tem in flumine facere, or, Liv. Amnem 
jungere ponte, h. e. to throw a bridge 
over a river. So, also, Curt. Flumini 
pontem imponere. Liv. Pontem inji- 
cere, or, Tacit, indere, ft. e. to throw 
across. Quintil. Pontem rumpere, or, 
Xcp. rescindere, or, Cic. interscindere, 
or, JYcp. dissolvere, or, Virg. vellere, 
A. e. to break or cut down. ——— if Also, 
a bridge from a ship to the shore, a plank 
for embarking or disembarking. Vira. 
- IT Also, a way made of boards 
on the walls of a town from one tower to 
another. Virg. -TT Also, a draw¬ 
bridge on the wooden towers used by be¬ 
siegers, which was dropped on the walls 
of the besieged town in order to afford a 
passage. Sueton. IT Also, raised,path¬ 
ways at the comitia, by which the people 
went to the septum, in order to give their 
votes. Cic. -IT Also, the deck of a ship 
on which the machines of war were placed. 
Tacit. -IT Also, a floor of a tower. 
Virg. -IT Lepid. in Cic. Ep. Pons 
Argenteus, ft. e. a place with a brido-e 
over the river Argent in Provence. 
PoNTfCOLOS (dimin. of pons), i, m. 
a little bridge, ysijivpi s. Cic. 
PoNTICOS (riovrocof), a, um, adj. of nr 
2 belonging to the Pontus Euxinus, or Black 
sea; or to the district Pontus. Liv. mare, 
ft. e. the Black sea. Ovid, terra. Plin. 
mix, A. e. the hazel-nut or a species of it. 
Id. mus, A. e. perhaps, the ermine. Ju¬ 
venal. Medicamina regis victi, A. e. Mi- 
thridatis. Cels, radix, A. e. rhubarb. 
-IT Ponticus is also a mail’s name. 
The most celebrated is the poet Ponti¬ 
cus, a contemporary of Propertius and 
Ovid. Propert. and Ovid. 
PoNTIFeX (unc.), Tcis, m. a pontifcx, 
chief priest, high priest, hpevg. Ponti- 
fices were a kind of chief priests who 
had the superintendence of religion and 
its ceremonies. Cic. and Liv. Their head 
or president was called pontifex m,aximus. 
Cic. — Pontifices minores, the lower or 
younger pontifices were perhaps secre¬ 
taries of the pontifices, or discharged the 
office of secretary until they attained 
that of pontifex. Liv. Scribre pontifi- 
cis, quos nunc minores pontifices ap¬ 
is-- IT Also, a bishop. Sidon. 
PoNTIFICALIS (pontifex), e, adj. of or 
pertaining to a pontifex, pontifical,, koap- 
X'k^s- Liv. insignia. Cic. auctoritas. 
znet. ludi, ft. e. exhibited by the pontifex 
dfter he had entered on his office. 
PONTTFICaTOS (Id.), us, m. the office or 
dtgnity of a pontifex, dpxupojoeurj. Cic. 
Q.ui statas solemnesque creremonias 
pontificatu, rerum bene gerendarum 
auctoritates augurio contineri putave- 
runt. Sueton. Pontificatus maximus. 
PoNTrFrciOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to the pontifex or the pontifices, 
pontifical. Cic. jus. Id. libri, books con¬ 
taining an account of the religious cere¬ 
monies of the pontifices. — Hence, Pon- 
tificium, subst. free power or right of 
doing any thing. Oell. 
PoNTIIiIS (pons), e, adj. ft. e. ad pontem 
pertinens. Veget. Stratus pontilis, 
A. e. perhaps, a wooden floor. 
PoNTiNOS, PoMTINOS, or PoMPTf- 
NOS, a, um, adj. denotes a country of 
Latium. — Hence, Plin. palus, or, Id. 
paludes, A. e. a low country, about 30 
miles in length, and from 12 to 13 in 
breadth, exposed to inundations of the rivers 
Amasenus and Ufens. The Appian Way 
went through it. Cethegus, Ciesar, 
Augustus, Trajan, &c. and some popes 
in modern times, tried to drain it. Liv. 
Ager Pomtinus. — Hence, Liv. Ponti- 
num, A. e. the Pomtinian country. Cic. 
Pomtinasumma, sc. regio.-IT Those 
who write it Pomtinus, derive it from tile 
town Pometia, for Pometinus, and those 
who write it Pontinus, derive it from 
the town of Pont.ia, near Tfrracina. 
PoNT5 (pons), onis, in. a kind of Gallic 
sailing vessels, perhaps a transport. 
Cats. B. C. 3, 29.-IT Also, perhaps, 
a bridge of ships, ferry, pontoon. Pan¬ 
dect. and Anson. 
PoNTOS (irdvrag), i, m. the depth. Virg. 
3 maris.-IT Also, the sea. Horat. and 
Virg. — Particularly, the Black sea. 
Cic. In Ponti ore_Hence, the whole 
country about the Euxinc. Cic. Medea 
ex eodem Ponto. Hence, the letters of 
Ovid ex Panto. — Particularly, a district 
of Asia Minor on the Black sea, between 
Bilhynia and Armenia, where Mithridates 
reigned as king. Virg. 
POPA (unc.), re, m. he whose duty it was to 
provide incense, water, wine, fire, vessels, 
&C. for a sacrifice, to lead the victim to 
the altar and strike the blow, differing 
from the cultrarius, who killed the victim. 
Cic. -IT Pars. 6, 74. Popa venter, 
ft. e. a glutton. 
PflPANUM (rronavov), i, n. a kind of cake 
3 such as was used at sacrifices. Juvenal. 
POPeLLuS (dimin. of populus), i, m. the 
3 rabble,populace, canaille, Sr/ulSiov. Horat. 
POPILIOS, or POPILLIOS, i, m. a name 
of several Romans. — Hence, Popilius, 
a, um, adj. of or relating to Popilius. 
Liv. familia. 
P5PINX (from lrenco, -nitcroi, to cook), re, 
f. a cook’s shop, victualling-house, eating 
house, Kanriheiov, biponcbXiov, daoireTor. 
Cic. —— IT Also, food thercsold. Cic. 
PSPINaLIS (popina), e, adj. of or per¬ 
il taining to a cook’s shop, dipwrotisog, 
<5 ipaprvrtKbg. Colum. delicire. 
POPINaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as 
3 Popinalis. Hence, Popinarius, ii, m. 
a victualler, cook, dipnncbXqg. Lamprid. 
P0PINAT5R (popirio, are), oris, same 
3 as Popiuo. Macrob. 
POPlNS (popiiia), onis, m. a frequenter of 
2 victualling-houses, taverns; a glutton, 
slave to eating and drinking , belly-god, 
guttler, do virus. Horat. 
P5PIN0R (Id.), aris, dep. I. to frequent. 
3 victualling houses, feed luxuriously, guz¬ 
zle, gormandize, \ixvevoi. Trebell. Pull. 
P5PLES (unc.), Itis, m. the ham of the 
2 knee; the knee, iyvva. Horat. Oonten- 
to poplite mirari aliquid, with the sinews 
oj the ham of the knee strongly stretched; 
with firm foot. Val. Place. Submisso 
poplite, with the knee bent. Curt. Exci- 
pere se poplitibus, to raise himself up, or 
support himself on his knees. Plin. Pop- 
lites genibus imponere, to cross the 
knees , sit with the knees crossed or with 
one knee upon the other. Claudian. Ves- 
tis poplite fusa terms, down to the knees. 
PQPLICftLX (populus & eolo), re, m. 
a favorer of the people. This was a 
surname of Valerius. It afterwards 
became puMicola. 
POPEU3, i, in. for Populus. Plaut.. 
PtfPSLuS, i, m. for Populus. 3 Fab. Piet. 
PoPPTEX, re, f. the wife of the emperor Nero. 
— Hence, Poppreamts, a, um, adj. of or 
reluting to Poppiea. Juvenal. Pinguia 
677 
Poppreana, ft. c. bread-dough moistened with 
asses’ milk, and put upon the face before go¬ 
ing to sleep, in order to preserve the smooth¬ 
ness and delicacy of the skin, first used by 
Poppiea, and called after her. 
PoPPySMA {iroimvapa), atis, n. a noise 
2 made by clapping the hands together, or by 
a smacking of the lips or tongue, as a sign 
of approbation or' for the sake of ap¬ 
peasing. Juvenal. 
PoPPySMOS (numrvcrpds), i, m. same as 
HJ’nppysma. Plin. 
PoPPyZoN (irOTnrv^om), tis, he that makes 
2 a noise by clapping the hands together or 
by a smacking of the lips, as, in"oider to 
quiet a lioise. Plin. 
PftPOE ABILIS (populor), e, adj. that may 
3 be laidwaste or destroyed. Ovid. 
POPOLaBuNDuS (from populo, or popu- 
2 lor), a, um, adj. same as Populous, lay- 
inir waste, ravaging. Liv. 
POPULARIS (populus), e, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to the people, or the inhabitants 
(especially of the lower classes) of a 
town or country, SnporiKdg. Cic. lex, 
ft. e. populi. Id. munus, ft. e. apresent 
made to the people. Plaut. ccena, A. e. 
a feast given to the people oil occasion of 
public rejoicings. Liv. strepitus, A. e. of 
the people. Cic. laus, A. c. of the people. 
So, also, Id. gloria, ailmiratio. Id. ho¬ 
nor, A. e. proceeding from the people. Id. 
aura, ft. e. favor with the people. So, al¬ 
so, Id. ventus. Plin. civitas, A. e. a 
democracy. Hence, Sueton. Popularia, 
sc. sedilia, ft. e. the place where the com¬ 
mon people sat at the public spectacles. _ 
Also, common, usual with the people. Se- 
ncc. carmen, A. e. a popular song. Cic. 
sensus, usus, verba.-IT Also, of the 
same people or town, native. Ovid, flu- 
mina. Hence, substantively, Cic. Popu¬ 
laris, A. e. a countryman, avpiraTpieorrig. 
Id. Popularem alicujus loci. Also, of 
animals. Ovid, and Plin. — Hence, 
figur. belonging to the same company, so¬ 
ciety, party, set or gang, associates, part¬ 
ners, accomplices, fellows. Sallust. Popu- 
lares sceleris. Senec. Popularibus nostris 
hoc dico, ft. e. of my sect, to the Stoics. 
-IT Also, favorable to, or courting the 
favor of, the common people. Cic. con¬ 
sul. Liv. ingeniutn. Cic. sacerdos, 
ft. e. Clodius. — Hence, a party at Rome 
was cal led populates, who sided with the 
common people against, the senate. Cic. 
-IT Also, agreeable to the wishes of 
the people, in favor with or beloved by 
them, popular. Cic. dementia. Liv. 
lex. Lucan, nomen. Liv. Nihil popu- 
larius. - IT Also, resembling the com¬ 
mon people, mean, common, bad. Cic. 
Nihil non sunirnissum atque populare. 
Colum. ptilli, common bees. Cato. sal. 
— Also, changeable, not firm or stable, 
rot resting on firm principles or a firm 
basis. Cic. imperium. - IT Also, 
moving or making an impression on the 
people. Cic. lacrim®. Q. Cic. petitio. 
-IT Popularis, a citizen, one that is 
not. a soldier. Capitol. 
POPULaRITaS (popularis), atis, f. a being 
2 of the same country ; also, the attachment 
or friendship which arises from being of 
the same country. Plaut. -IT Also, 
a courting of popular favor. Suet. 
POPuLARITER (Id.), adv. after the 
manner of the people, commonly, vul¬ 
garly, SnpoTtKcog. Cic, - TT Also, 
with devotion to- the interests of the people, 
in a manner that, is calculated to please 
the people, with the approbation or applause 
of the people, in a manner that makes an 
agreeable impression on the people, popu¬ 
larly. Cic. agere.-IT Also, in a man¬ 
ner calculated to instigate the people, with 
too much devotion to the people, to please 
or humor the populace. Cic. 
P&POLaTIM (populus), adv. from people 
3 to people, among all nations or in all towns, 
every where, universally. Cato. 
POPtiLATIS (populor), onis, f. a laying 
waste, depopulating, ravaging, ransack¬ 
ing, spoiling, pillaging, plundering, n6p- 
Spirig. C<r.s. — Also, booty gained in this 
manner. Liv. Pleni populationum. — 
Also, figur. Plin. morum, A. e. ruin, cor 
ruption, degeneracy. — Also, a ruining 
by extravagant expenses. Colum. —- 
IT Also, the people, multitude, great numbet 
of people. Scdul. 
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