Pontine Definition

pŏntīn, -tēn
adjective
Of or relating to bridges.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a pons, especially the pons Varolii.
American Heritage Medicine

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Pontine

  • Latin Pontinus or Pomptinus, an appellation given to a district in Latium, near Pometia.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin pōns pont- bridge pent- in Indo-European roots –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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