pontine

[ pon-tahyn, -teen ]

/ ˈpɒn taɪn, -tin /

of or relating to the pons.

Origin of pontine

1885–90; < Latin pont- (stem of pōns) pons + -ine¹

Pontine

[ pon-teen, -tahyn ]

/ ˈpɒn tin, -taɪn /

of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.

sub-Pon·tine, adjective

Trajan also began to make roads across the Pontine Marshes, and founded several public libraries.

A Smaller History of Rome |William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
The Pontine Marches have long been the worst breeding places for mosquitoes known to a suffering world.

Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car |Francis Miltoun
And yet there is nothing desolate or dreary in the aspect of the Pontine Marshes.

Rollo in Rome |Jacob Abbott
Cisterna di Roma, a dozen kilometres further on, is a typical hill top town overlooking the Pontine Marshes below.

Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car |Francis Miltoun

As it is, he drinks cognac, hunts wild-boars in the Pontine marshes—and paints Samson and Delilah, after models.

Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. |Various

pontine

/ (ˈpɒntaɪn) /

of or relating to bridges

of or relating to the pons Varolii

C19: from Latin pons bridge