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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fountain, fount: fons, fontis, m. (natural or artificial): a f. of sweet water, f. dulcis aquai, Lucr.: the Nile which hides the sources of its f.s, fontium qui celat origines Nilus, Hor.: in front a f. sends up water and receives it again, contra f. egerit aquam et recipit, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 37. Fig.: the f.s of philosophy, f. philosophiae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, extr.: v. source. Dimin. fontĭcŭlus (a small f.): Hor.: Plin. Ep. Phr.: f.-head of sacred water, sacrae caput aquae, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 22: v. spring.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FOUNT, FOUNTAIN
  • fons (both the water that issues forth, and the place where it issues): scaturigo (the water, as gushing violently forth): caput (the head of the spring): aqua saliens: aquae salientes (whence the water shoots forth; e.g., an artificial fountain). Opposite there is an (artificial) fountain, contra fons egerit aquam et recipit; nam expulsa in altum in se cadit, junctisque hiatibus et absorbetur et tollitur (Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 37): to take from the fountain, e fonte haurire aliquid. The fountains of the great deep were broken up, flumina tellus largius fundit, aperitque fontes novos (Sen., N.Q., 27; of the flood).
  • figuratively, = Original source, fons (general term): caput: principium (the first beginning). (The words are found in this connection and order.) principium et fons: origo (origin): causa (cause): unde fit aliquid (whence anything exists or takes its source). The fountain of all things, a quo omnium rerum principia ducuntur: the fountain of life, vitae fons (poetic only).