Pometia

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

Pōmētĭa, ae, f. (collat. form Pōmē tii, ōrum, m., Verg. A. 6, 775),

I a very old town of the Volsci , in Latium , also called Suessa Pometia; perh. the mod. Torre Petrara or Mesa , Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 45; Liv. 1, 53; 2, 16; 2, 25 al.

II —Hence, Pōmētīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pometia , Pometian : manubiae, Liv. 1, 55.

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