Pomponius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Oscan *pompe (“five”), like Pompeius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔmˈpoː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pomˈpɔː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Pompōnius m sg (genitive Pompōniī or Pompōnī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Titus Pomponius Atticus, a Roman editor and patron of letters Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 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.