"fons" meaning in Latin

See fons in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fons/ [Classical-Latin], [fõːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /fons/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [fɔns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fontis, from earlier *θontis, from a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰónh₂-ti-s, from *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”). See also Danube. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*fontis}} Proto-Italic *fontis, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|sa|धन्वति|t=flows, runs}} Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”) Head templates: {{la-noun|fōns<3.I>|g=m}} fōns m (genitive fontis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fōns<3.I>}} Forms: fōns [canonical, masculine], fontis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fōns [nominative, singular], fontēs [nominative, plural], fontis [genitive, singular], fontium [genitive, plural], fontī [dative, singular], fontibus [dative, plural], fontem [accusative, singular], fontēs [accusative, plural], fontīs [accusative, plural], fonte [ablative, singular], fontibus [ablative, plural], fōns [singular, vocative], fontēs [plural, vocative]
  1. water issuing from the ground, a spring Tags: declension-3 Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-2u3wnJDB Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 24 28 16 16
  2. (poetic, usually in the plural) the water or waters of a river, sea etc. Tags: declension-3, plural-normally, poetic Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-sS5LSNVh Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15
  3. (by metonymy) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools) Tags: declension-3, metonymically Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-SXlyviId Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 24 28 16 16
  4. (by metonymy) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)
    (Christianity) the baptismal font (a pool or basin of water used for baptism)
    Tags: declension-3, metonymically Categories (topical): Christianity Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-07v5N5CI Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 24 28 16 16 Topics: Christianity
  5. (by extension) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively) Tags: broadly, declension-3 Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-XeIXM0Pm Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 24 28 16 16
  6. (by extension) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)
    the foundation, basic principle, cause
    Tags: broadly, declension-3 Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-fons-la-noun-9qBkwUVi Disambiguation of Landforms: 19 17 14 20 15 15 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 24 28 16 16 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 14 16 15 18 13 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fontānus, fontāna, fonticulus
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      "ipa": "[fɔns]",
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "fonte",
            "3": "fuente",
            "g1": "f",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: fonte f, fuente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: fonte f, fuente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "font",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: font f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: font f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "fuenti",
            "3": "huenti"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: fuenti, huenti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: fuenti, huenti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "font"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: font",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: font"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "fonts",
            "g": "m-p"
          },
          "expansion": "French: fonts m pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: fonts m pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "fonte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: fonte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: fonte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "fonte"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: fonte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: fonte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "fuonte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: fuonte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: fuonte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fònt",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fònt f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fònt f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "fonte",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fonte f\nGalician: fonte f\nPortuguese: fonte f",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fonte f\nGalician: fonte f\nPortuguese: fonte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "funti"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: funti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: funti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fuente",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: fuente f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: fuente f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "fontego"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: fontego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: fontego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "font",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: font",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: font"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "font"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: font",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: font"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "font"
          },
          "expansion": "English: font",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: font"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*fontis"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "धन्वति",
        "t": "flows, runs"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *fontis, from earlier *θontis, from a Proto-Indo-European root cognate with Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “flows, runs”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰónh₂-ti-s, from *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”). See also Danube.",
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    {
      "form": "fōns",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōns",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fonte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fōns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fontēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g": "m"
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "water issuing from the ground, a spring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "issuing",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the water or waters of a river, sea etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, usually in the plural) the water or waters of a river, sea etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "plural-normally",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ],
        [
          "font",
          "font"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by metonymy) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)",
        "the baptismal font (a pool or basin of water used for baptism)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "fountain",
          "fountain"
        ],
        [
          "font",
          "font"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "baptismal font",
          "baptismal font"
        ],
        [
          "pool",
          "pool#English"
        ],
        [
          "baptism",
          "baptism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by metonymy) a well, fountain or font (a large container where water pools)",
        "(Christianity) the baptismal font (a pool or basin of water used for baptism)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "origin",
          "origin#English"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)",
        "the foundation, basic principle, cause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "origin",
          "origin#English"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source#English"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "basic",
          "basic"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) the origin or source of a river (also figuratively)",
        "the foundation, basic principle, cause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fons/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fõːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fons/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɔns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fons"
}

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