Pomponius

Its figurehead was a charismatic university professor known as Pomponius—the one who apparently served only garlic and onions to his guests.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

"Pomponius," he said to a sergeant, "put these two lads with the rest.

For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem 1867

Somewhat satisfactorily, the problem of “postera crescam laude” was already knotty in the second or third century, when in his Commentum in Horatium, the North African grammarian and editor Pomponius Porphyrio tagged it with the explanatory remark: “Eleganter, quia semper sunt, quibus haec elocutio noua sit et laudetur.”

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A few days later she met him again in the house of Senator Pomponius and observed that he paid no attention at all to his host's dazzlingly beautiful daughter, although she flirted with him quite shamelessly.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

Which may not be a coincidence, because Platina, Pomponius, and Callimachus were precisely the men charged soon afterward with conspiring to kill Pope Paul II.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

The pope, who had always been alarmed by the sexual immorality of many classical poets, just wanted to give Pomponius and his group a bit of a fright.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Pomponius Mela places them near the Orkney Islands, living on an island with the Oeonae (who eat only oats and bird eggs) and the Panotti (who have massive ears).

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Another friend, Pomponius, is set up as a paragon of self-restraint for serving only garlic, onions, and shallots at his dinner parties.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

Pomponius Mela places them near the Orkney Islands, living on an island with the Oeonae (who eat only oats and bird eggs) and the Panotti (who have massive ears).

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Under interrogation, Pomponius admitted some of the minor sins he was accused of having committed: he sometimes ate meat on lean days for health reasons, and had made the occasional outburst against priests.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008