fontanus

fontānus, a, um, adj. [fons], of or from a spring or fountain, spring-.

• I Adj.: aqua, Cels. 2, 18; Col. 12, 9, 2: ora, Ov. F. 1, 269.—
• II Subst., in late Lat.: fontāna, ae, f., a spring, fountain, Innocent. de Cas. p. 245 Goes.

fontānus, a, um (fons), aus (von) der Quelle, aqua, Quellwasser (Ggstz. pluvialis), Cels. u.a.: unda, Ov.: ora, der Quellen, Ov. – subst., fontāna, ae, f., die Quelle, Vopisc. Carin. 17, 5. Gromat. vet. p. 315, 28; 324, 2 u.a. – personif. als Gottheiten, Fontanus et Fontana, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 150.

fontanus [CL] 1 of or from a spring or well. tellus ‥ saxosa, cui nulla omnino spes venae ~ae videretur inesse Bede HE IV 26 p. 271; sanctus Gundlyn conquerebatur ‥ pro ariditate monticuli in quo habitabat, sc. quia ~a aqua carebat (Gwynllyw 9) VSB 180; ~us, ‥ i. juxta fontem habitans Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 225; aquam ~am sibi petiit exhiberi M. Par. Maj. V 693; recipe yosopam ‥ et coque in aqua fontena W. Worc. Itin. 368. 2 (as sb. f. or n.) spring, well; b (in place-names). c (as adj.) of Wells, Som. 675 cum ‥ silvis, ~is, paludibus, fluminibus CS 36; 679 cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus campis, ‥ †fonnis [MS: fon / nis, l. fontanis], piscaris Ib. 45; 780 ~um quod nominatur G. (Ch.) MonA I 587. 1; †fontona [l. fontana], þa wyllican vel welle GlH F 579; si quid aliquis fecerit quo minus ad fontem, lacum, puteum ‥ iri possit vel hauriri vel de ~a aque non tantam aquam ducere vel haurire Bracton f. 233.  b S. Bernardus abbas Clarevallensis, qui in Burgundia castro ~is oriundus Knighton I 135.  c vetus est odium quo ~i homines in nos ‥ Balnearum incolas ‥ exarserunt Chaundler Laud. 103. 3 derived from a spring (fig.) or source, primal, original. velut auctores ~i apud Anglicos Croyl. 103.

fontānus, (14) a, um (fons), de source : Cels. Med. 2, 18 ; Ov. F. 1, 269 || Fontānus, ī, m. , dieu des fontaines : CIL 2, 150.

fontanus , a, um. adj.
水泉者。

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fontānus adj.

• fons, of a spring, from a fountain, spring-: ora, O.: numina, O.