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fontem

fontem is a Latin form of fons, meaning “spring, fountain; source, origin”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 89 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.80: … stravi, carbaseis intenta velis conlocari iussit in litore, quod est litus in Insula Syracusis post Arethusae fontem propter ipsum introitum atque ostium portus amoeno sane et ab arbitris remoto loco.

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 3.M12.2: Fontem uisere lucidum,

All forms of fons (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.