English

Noun

fons

1. plural of fon

Verb

fons

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of fon

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

Noun

fons m ‎(plural fons)

1. A bottom. (lowest part)

Related terms

• fundar

Verb

fons

1. second-person singular present indicative form of fondre

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति ‎(dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps *dʰen- ‎(“to flow”). See also Danube.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fons/, [fõːs]

Noun

fōns m ‎(genitive fontis); third declension

1. a spring, a fountain

   Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpus.

   To guide only the circumcised to the fountain that they seek.

2. fresh water, spring water
3. (by extension) an origin, a source

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• fontanus
• fontana
• fonticulus

Descendants

References

• fons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FONS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fons”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)
    
  • these things have the same origin: haec ex eodem fonte fluunt, manant
    
  • source, origin: fons et caput (vid. sect. III., note caput...)
    
• fons in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fons in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin fundus.

Noun

fons m

1. bottom (lowest part)

Related terms

• fondar

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) funs
• (Sutsilvan) fùns
• (Puter) fuonz
• (Vallader) fuond

Etymology

From Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

Noun

fons m ‎(plural fons)

1. (Surmiran) field#English, land, soil, ground.