pontifex

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

pontifex (pontu-) ficis

pons+2 FAC-, m a high-priest, pontiff, pontifex , L., C., H., O., Iu.: Maxumus, chief of the priests , L.: scribae pontificis, quos nunc pontifices minores appellant, L., C.: Esquilini venefici, high-priest of witchcraft , H.