Latin

Noun

pontifex m ‎(genitive pontificis); third declension

1. a high priest, State minister in ancient Rome
2. a pontiff or bishop of the early Christian church, now specifically the Pope

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• pontificālis
• pontificātus
• pontificium
• pontificius

Descendants

• English: pontiff
• French: pontife
• Portuguese: pontífice
• Russian: понтифик m ‎(pontífik)
• Spanish: pontífice

References

• pontifex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pontifex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PONTIFEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pontifex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pontifex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pontifex in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• pontifex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 480

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin pontifex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo̞ntife̞ks/

Noun

pontifex m ‎(genitive singular pontifika, nominative plural pontifikovia)

1. a high priest in ancient Rome
2. a pontiff or bishop of the early Christian church, now specifically the Pope

Declension