pontĭfĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [pontifex],
I of or belonging to a pontifex , pontifical : libri, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84; id. Rep. 2, 31, 54: jus, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 174, 7; Cic. Dom. 14. —
II Subst.
α pontĭfĭcĭi , ōrum, m. (sc. libri), the pontifical books , Amm. 17, 7, 10.—
β pontĭfĭcĭum , ii, n.
A Lit., the dignity of a pontiff or of a bishop (post-class.), Sol. 16 fin. ; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 13.—
B Transf., the power or right of doing any thing: is, cujus negotium id pontificiumque esset, Gell. 1, 13, 3; Cod. Th. 8, 18, 1; Symm. Ep. 3, 17; 10, 44; Arn. 2, 89.