PONTINE


Meaning of PONTINE in English

I. ˈpän.ˌtīn, -tēn adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Latin pomptinus, pontinus, from Pomptinus, name of a local tribe

: of or relating to a marshy area between Rome and Naples now largely reclaimed

II. adjective

Etymology: New Latin pont-, pons + International Scientific Vocabulary -ine

1. : of or relating to the pons

2.

[Latin pont-, pons bridge + English -ine ]

: appropriate for a bridge

pontine sites

III. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Pont us, ancient country in northeast Asia Minor + English -ine

: of or relating to the Black sea areas once part of the pre-Christian kingdom of Pontus

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.