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to be let down from besieging towers to the walls of a town

  • 1 Pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Pons

  • 2 pons

    1.
    pons, ntis, m. [kindred with Sanscr. pathi, a path; Gr. patos; old Germ. phat, pfat; mod. Germ. Pfad; Angl.-Sax. padh; hence prop. a board across a ditch, brook, etc.], a bridge across a river, ditch, or marsh, between towers, etc.
    I.
    In gen.:

    pars oppidi mari disjuncta angusto, ponte rursus adjungitur et continetur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52, §

    117: pontem in Arare faciendum curat,

    to throw a bridge over the stream, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: in Isarā, flumine maximo, ponte uno die facto, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 3:

    in Histro flumine,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 1; so,

    inicere pontem,

    Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19:

    flumen ponte jungere,

    Liv. 21, 45; Curt. 3, 7, 1:

    amnem ponte junxit,

    id. 4, 9, 9:

    imponere pontem flumini,

    id. 5, 1, 22:

    pontibus palude constratā,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:

    pontem navibus efficere,

    Tac. A. 6, 37:

    ponte flumen transgredi,

    id. ib. 13, 39;

    also: ponte flumen transmittere,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8; and:

    ponte flumen traicere,

    Flor. 4, 12, 22:

    interscindere pontem,

    to break down, Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 10; also,

    rescindere,

    Nep. Milt. 3, 4:

    interrumpere,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

    rumpere,

    Quint. 2, 13, 16; Tac. A. 2, 68:

    abrumpere,

    id. H. 3, 6:

    recidere,

    Curt. 4, 16, 8:

    solvere,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    dissolvere,

    Nep. Them. 5, 1:

    vellere,

    Verg. A. 8, 650:

    partem pontis rescindere,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29.—Esp., as a stand for beggars, Juv. 5, 8; cf. id. 4, 116:

    aliquis de ponte,

    i. e. a beggar, id. 14, 134.— Plur.:

    plures dies efficiendis pontibus absumpti,

    a bridge of several spans, Tac. A. 2, 8; 11, 13; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; cf. id. ib. 10, 18, 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    The bridge at the Comitia, over which the voters passed one by one to the septum, to deposit their votes, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ov. F. 5, 634. Hence the proverb: sexagenarios de ponte; v. sexagenarius.—
    B. C.
    A plank bridge thrown from a vessel to the shore, Verg. A. 10, 288 and 654; Liv. 21, 28.—
    D. E.
    A floor of a tower, Verg. A. 9, 530; 12, 675.—
    F. 2.
    Pons, ntis, m., a geographical proper name.
    I.
    Pons Argenteus, the modern Argens, Lepid. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 2; 10, 35.—
    II.
    Pons Campanus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 45; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62.—
    III.
    Aureoli, the modern Pontiruolo, Trebell. XXX. Tyr. Aureol. al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pons

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