well (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. pŭteus (a pit dug for water)2. fons, tis, m. (a spring, fountain) • well (subs.): 1. pŭteus (a pit dug for water): we have seen warm water drawn from clear w.s, ex puteis jugibus aquam calidam trahi vidimus, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25: to dig a w., puteum fodere, Pl. Most. 2, 1, 32. 2. fons, tis, m. (a spring, fountain): v. fountain. Phr.: medical w.s, *fontes medicae salubritatis: mineral w.s, *fontes metallicae aquae: v. water: the enclosure round a w.'s mouth, pŭteal: Cic.: a w.-cover, *putei operculum: a w.-digger: putearius: Plin. w.-water: puteanae (puteales) aquae: Lucr.: Col.: Plin.