Pontĭus, i, m., the name of a gens, originally Samnite, afterwards Roman. So,
I C. Pontius, a leader of the Samnites , who surrounded the Romans in the Caudine Pass , Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75; Liv. 9, 1; Flor. 1, 16, 10.—
II L. Pontius Aquila, one of the assassins of Caesar , Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; Suet. Caes. 78. —
III Pontius Pilatus, governor of Judaea in the time of Christ , Tac. A. 15, 44; Tert. Apol. 21; Lact. 4, 18; Sed. Carm. 5, 116.