• bridge (subs.): pons, pontis, m.: to make a b. over a river, pontem in flumine facere, faciendum curare, Caes.; flumen ponte jungere, Liv.: to make a b. of boats, pontem navibus efficere, Tac.: to break down a b., p. interscindere, Cic.; p. rescindere, Caes.: v. to break down. Dimin. pontĭcŭlŭs, a small b.: Cic.: Cat. Phr.. the toll taken at a b., pontātĭcum, Amm.: a b.-master, *pontis curator.: the b. of the nose, *pars nasi superior: the b. of a violin, *fidium jugum (Georg.).