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|lshtext=<b>fons</b>: fontis, m. [[root]] in Gr. χέϝω, χεύσω, to [[pour]], [[χύμα]], χοή, etc.; Lat. [[fundo]], [[futtilis]]. Fons, i. e. [[stem]] font, for fovont = χεϝοντ-; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 123 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 84,<br /><b>I</b> a [[spring]], [[fountain]], [[well]]-[[source]] (syn.: scaturigo, [[puteus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[late]] [[parvus]] aquaï Prata riget [[fons]], Lucr. 5, 603: [[fons]] [[dulcis]] aquaï, id. 6, 890: [[fons]] aquae [[dulcis]], cui [[nomen]] [[Arethusa]] est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: rivorum a fonte [[deductio]], id. Top. 8, 33: est [[apud]] Hammonis [[fanum]] [[fons]] [[luce]] [[diurna]] Frigidus, et [[calidus]] nocturno tempore, Lucr. 6, 848 sq.; cf. ib. 873: eunt ad fontem, nitidant (i. e. abluunt) corpora, Enn. ap. Non. 144, 16 (Trag. v. 166 ed. Vahl.); Caes. B. C. 2, 24 fin.; 3, 49, 5: ([[Romulus]]) locum delegit fontibus abundantem, Cic. Rep. 2, 6: fontium qui celat origines, [[Nilus]], Hor. C. 4, 14, 45; id. Ep. 1, 16, 12; id. Epod. 2, 27: fontes Alandri, Liv. 38, 15, 15: Padi [[fons]] diebus aestivis aret, Plin. 2, 102, 105, § 229: vestris amicum fontibus et choris, Hor. C. 3, 4, 25: fas pervicaces est mihi Thyiadas Vinique fontem [[lactis]] et uberes Cantare rivos, the fountains or streams of [[wine]] [[drawn]] from the [[earth]] by the [[stroke]] of the [[thyrsus]], id. ib. 2, 19, 10: cum tui fontes vel inimicis tuis pateant, Cic. Mur. 4, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mineral]] [[spring]], [[healing]] waters, = aquae, frigidi medicatique fontes, Cels. 4, 5; cf.: [[caput]] et stomachum supponere fontibus Clusinis, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8: [[fons]] [[calidus]] medicae salubritatis, Plin. 5, 15, 16, § 72: medicatorum fontium vis, id. 2, 93, 95, § 207.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[spring]]-[[water]], [[water]] ([[poet]].): [[utrum]] fontine an Libero [[imperium]] te inhibere [[mavis]]? Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 26: alii fontemque ignemque ferebant, Verg. A. 12, 119; Luc. 5, 337. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[fountain]]-[[head]], [[source]], [[origin]], [[cause]]: meos amicos...ad Graecos [[ire]] jubeo, ut ea a fontibus [[potius]] [[potius]] hauriant, [[quam]] rivulos consectentur, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8; so opp. rivuli, id. de Or. 2, 27, 117; id. Cael. 8, 19: [[fons]] maledicti, id. Planc. 23, 57: hic [[fons]], hoc [[principium]] est movendi, id. Rep. 6, 25: scribendi recte sapere est et [[principium]] et [[fons]], Hor. A. P. 309; cf.: [[Cilicia]] [[origo]] et [[fons]] belli, Flor. 3, 6: ab [[illo]] fonte et capite Socrate, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42: quorum (philosophorum) [[fons]] [[ipse]] [[Socrates]], Quint. 1, 10, 13; cf.: [[atqui]] rerum [[caput]] hoc erat et [[fons]], Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 45: oratorum [[partus]] [[atque]] fontes, Cic. Brut. 13, 49: haec omnia ex [[eodem]] fonte fluxerunt, id. N. D. 3, 19, 48: omnes omnium rerum, quae ad dicendum pertinerent, fontes [[animo]] ac [[memoria]] continere, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: philosophiae fontes aperire, id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6: totos eloquentiae aperire, Quint. 6, 1, 51: dicendi facultatem ex intimis sapientiae fontibus fluere, id. 12, 2, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 19: fontes ut adire remotos Atque haurire queam vitae praecepta [[beate]], Hor. S. 2, 4, 94: ex iis fontibus [[unde]] omnia ornamenta dicendi sumuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Rep. 5, 3: [[causa]] [[atque]] [[fons]] maeroris, id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: [[benevolentia]], qui est amicitiae [[fons]] a [[natura]] [[constitutus]], id. Lael. 14, 50: is [[fons]] mali hujusce fuit, Liv. 39, 15, 9: [[fons]] vitii et perjurii, thou [[source]] of all [[iniquity]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 51; cf. Petr. 24.—<br /><b>III</b> Fons, personified as a [[deity]], [[with]] a [[chapel]], Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52.

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