Pompōnĭus, i, m., and Pompōnĭa, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.
I L. Pomponius, an Atellane poet of Bononia , Gell. 12, 10, 7.—
II T. Pomponius Atticus, a friend of Cicero , whose life is written by Nepos , Cic. Att. 1, 5; Nep. Att. 1 sqq.—
III P. Pomponius Secundus, a tragedian , Quint. 8, 3, 31; 10, 1, 98.—
IV Sex. Pomponius, a lawyer , Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.—
V M. Pomponius Matho, a praetor , Liv. 22, 7; and augur , id. 29, 38.—
VI Pomponius Mela, a geographer of the first century , author of a treatise De Situ Orbis.—In fem. : Pompōnĭa .
1 Daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus , and wife of Q. Cicero , Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2.—
2 The mother of Scipio Africanus , Sil. 13, 615.
IX —Hence, Pompō-nĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Pomponius , Pomponian : nomina, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: versus, of the Atellane poet L. Pomponius , Gell. 10, 24, 5.