pons
noun
a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
pontes
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pluralof pons.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This is now a sacred island, lying by the city, adorned with temples of the gods, and walks, and is called in the Latin tongue inter duos pontes.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
After passing through the pontes they received the voting tablets at the entrance of the septa.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart
Where this great road crosses streams and might reasonably be lost, at its pontes, its bridges, it has remained, and is of such importance as to have given a name to a whole countryside--Ponthieu.
From First and Last by Hilaire Belloc
