How do you use Pomponius in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Pomponius in a sentence
Using Pomponius
- In the example corpus, pomponius often appears in combinations such as: pomponius mela, of pomponius.
Context around Pomponius
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pomponius
- In this selection, "pomponius" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, authors, sextus, geographer, mela and porphyrio stand out and add context to how "pomponius" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acro and pomponius porphyrio are and biography of pomponius was a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pomponius" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pomponius
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
IV 85), called the "immense sea" by Pomponius Mela (lib. (10 words)
Works attributed to Helenius Acro and Pomponius Porphyrio are the remnants of a much larger body of Horatian scholarship. (19 words)
Associated with the commander in the praetorium he became a familiar and close friend of Pomponius, who also was a man of letters. (23 words)
Writing in the 1st century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto unknown" Tacitus (c. 98) Agricola. (40 words)
In AD 43 and 77 the Roman authors Pomponius Mela and Pliny the Elder referred to the seven islands they call Haemodae main and Acmodae main respectively, both of which are assumed to be Shetland. (35 words)
The jurist Sextus Pomponius said, "At the beginning of our city, the people began their first activities without any fixed law, and without any fixed rights: all things were ruled despotically, by kings". (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
Pliny the Younger says that the biography of Pomponius was "a duty which he owed to the memory of his friend", implying that Pomponius had died.
Associated with the commander in the praetorium he became a familiar and close friend of Pomponius, who also was a man of letters.
In AD 43 and 77 the Roman authors Pomponius Mela and Pliny the Elder referred to the seven islands they call Haemodae main and Acmodae main respectively, both of which are assumed to be Shetland.
IV 85), called the "immense sea" by Pomponius Mela (lib.
The jurist Sextus Pomponius said, "At the beginning of our city, the people began their first activities without any fixed law, and without any fixed rights: all things were ruled despotically, by kings".
Works attributed to Helenius Acro and Pomponius Porphyrio are the remnants of a much larger body of Horatian scholarship.
Writing in the 1st century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto unknown" Tacitus (c. 98) Agricola.
Common combinations with pomponius
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pomponius mela 3×
- of pomponius 2×