Lepontii

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Lēpontĭi, ōrum, m., = Ληπόντιοι,

I a people of Cisalpine Gaul, on the Ticinus; their territory is the modern Val Leventina , Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 134; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, p. 181 sq.—Hence, *

II Lēpontĭcus , i, m., a Lepontian , Sil. 4, 235.

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