pontifice
See also: pontífice
English
Etymology
Latin pontificem, accusative singular of pontifex, from the noun pons, pontis (“a bridge”) + facere (“to make”). Compare pontiff.
Noun
pontifice
- Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
- 1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 261:
- [...] With joy / And tidings fraught, to Hell he now return'd, / And at the brink of Chaos, neer the foot / Of this new wondrous Pontifice, unhop't / Met who to meet him came
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pontifice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Romanian
Declension
Declension of pontifice
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) pontifice | pontificeul | (niște) pontifici | pontificii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) pontifice | pontificeului | (unor) pontifici | pontificilor |
| vocative | pontificeule | pontificilor | ||
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