Meaning of pons | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
   declension-3
2. deck
   declension-3

Examples

“Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.”

Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.

“Multae pontibus stratae, super quas tormenta veherentur.”

Many (ships) were covered with decks, on which engines for missiles might be conveyed.

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