(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:53

Pon"tine (?), a. [L. Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.]

Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.

[Written also Pomptine.]

 

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