spring (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The season1. vēr, vēris, n.2. vernum tempusII. By anal., the s. of lifeIII. An elastic forceIV. A leapV. Of water1. fons, ntis, m.2. scătūrīgo, ĭnis, f. (water bubbling up and oozing through the ground) • spring (subs.): I. The season: 1. vēr, vēris, n.: at the beginning of s., ineunte vere, Cic. Man. 12, extr.: principio veris, Col. (Kr.): primo vere (at the very beginning of s.) Liv. 21, 21: quum ver esse coepit, Cic. Verr. 5, 10, extr.: s. was now at hand, jam v. appetebat, Liv. 22, extr.: at the very first doubtful signs of s., ad prima ac dubia signa veris, ib. 21, 58, init. 2. vernum tempus: Cic. Sen. 19, 70: Lucr. To be like s., fresh and green: vernare: cf. Plin. 2, 50, 51, in Italia aer semper quodammodo vernat vel auctumnat (is always either s. or autumn): Ov. II. By anal., the s. of life: iniens aetas, iniens pueritia vel adolescentia: v. youth. (Or perh. *ver um quoddam aetatis tempus.) III. An elastic force: *ĕlătēr: spira e ferro recellente facta (Kr.). IV. A leap: saltus, ūs: v. leap. To make a s., salire: v. to leap. V. Of water: 1. fons, ntis, m.: a place having plenty of s.s, locus fontibus abundans, Cic. Rep. 2, 6: a fresh-water s., f. dulcis aquae, id. Verr. 4, 53, 118. Also used poet. = s. water: Virg. Aen. 12, 119. 2. scătūrīgo, ĭnis, f. (water bubbling up and oozing through the ground): Col. 3, 13, med.: Liv. Phr.: s. water, saliens aqua, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25: also, scaturiens aqua, Pall.: abounding in s.s, scaturiginosus, Col. 5, 8 (with water oozing up).