bridge (subs.) Copy link • 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.).
BRIDGE Copy link • BRIDGEpons. A little bridge, ponticulus. A bridge on piles, pons sublicius: of boats, pons navalis, rates (et lintres) junctae. To throw a bridge over a river, pontem flumini imponere or injicere, pontem in fluvio or in flumine facere, amnem ponte jungere. To break down a bridge, pontem rescindere, iriterscindere, intercidere, interrumpere: partially, pontem recidere: behind one, pontem interscindere a tergo. Of the nose, or an instrument, jugum.