SOURCE Copy link • SOURCEPROP., fons (the water which rises, and the spot from which it springs): scaturigo (the springing water): caput (the place where a spring rises). Figuratively, fons (general term): caput, principium (beginning). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fons et caput; principium et fons; origo (origin): causa (cause). (The words are found in this connection and order.) causa atque fons. From a good source; i. e., author, bono auctore: from an authentic source, certo, or haud incerto, auctore. Source of profit [Vid: PROFIT]. They were the sources, inde ducenda (repetenda); eo referenda; inde originem trahunt.