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I. Lit.,: in gen. sense:

1. fons, fontis, m.: to drink of the Nile at its s., Nilum a fonte bibere, Lucan 10, 39: the Nile rising from unknown s.s, Nilus incertis ortus fontibus, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 51: v. fountain, spring.
2. orīgo, ĭnis, f. (rare in lit. sense). the Nile which conceals the s.s of its fountains, fontium qui celat origines Nilus, Hor. Od. 4, 14, 45.
3. căput, ĭtis, n.: the supply of moisture all congregates at river's s.s, (materies humoris) ad caput amnibus omnis convenit, Lucr. 5, 270: Liv. 37, 18, med.: the Rhine near its s. makes two lakes, Rhenus prope a capite duos lacus efficit, Mela 3, 2, ad fin.: cf. c. aquae, Vitr. 8, 1, ad fin. Phr.: the Mosa takes its s. in Mount Vogesus, Mosa profluit ex monte Vogeso, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: a river taking its s. in Mount Taurus, flumen Tauro defluens, Sall. in fragm. ap. Prisc. lib. 6, p. 680: cf. Ganges in Scythicis montibus nascitur, Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65: ex palude nascitur amnis, id. 36, 26, 65, § 190: Rhenus oritur ex Lepontiis, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: the Nile having its s. in a lake, Nilus e lacu profusus, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 52: cf. amnis profusus Pindaro monte, id. 5, 30, 33, § 126.

II. Fig.: in gen. sense:

1. fons, fontis, m.: all these flowed from the same s., haec omnia ex eodem f. fluxerunt, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 48: the s. and origin of motion, fons, principium movendi, id. Rep. 6, 25, 27: to seek for the origin of law itself from the s., ipsius juris ortum a f. repetere, id. Leg. 1, 6, 20: to open up the s.s of philosophy, philosophiae fontes aperire, id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6. Also of persons: from him the s. and head, ab illo f. et capite, id. de Or. 1, 10, 42: thou s. of iniquity, f. vitii et perjuri, Pl. Truc. 2, 7, 51.
2. ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.: the s. of all virtues, o. omnium virtutum, Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 17: v. also origin. Join: Cilicia, the s. of the war, Cilicia o. et fons belli, Flor. 3, 6, post med.
3. princĭpium: v. origin. Join: sound sense is the s. of writing correctly, scribendi recte sapere est et p. et fons, Hor. A. P. 309.
4. căput, ĭtis, n.: to fetch from the s. what we may want, and to see whence all things flow, a capite quod velimus arcessere, et unde omnia manant videre, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117: if any (scandal) shall go abroad without a known s., siquid sine c. manabit, id. Planc. 23, 57: v. also supr. (II., 1).
5. mātĕries, mātĕria: s. of all ills, materies omnium malorum, Sall. C. 10: v. also occasion (subs.), cause.
6. prŏfectio, ōnis, f. (= ἀφορμή: very rare): let the s. of the money itself be looked for, p. ipsius pecuniae requiratur, Cic. Clu. 30, 82: v. resource.
7. stirps, stirpis. f.: the s. of virtue, s. virtutis, Cic. Coel. 32, 79: cf. s. superstitionis, id. Div. 2, 72, 149. Join: the s. of all mischiefs, s. ac semen malorum omnium, id. Cat. 1, 12, 30. Expr. also by māter, părens, gĕnĕtrix (v. mother, II.). Special Phr.: (i.) to be the s. of, expr. by gigno, creo, părio, etc. (v. to beget). Or expr. by circuml.: that victory was the fruitful s. of the bitterest grief, acerbissimo luctu redundabat ista victoria, Cic. Lig. 5, 15: these were the s.s of my fame, ab his fontibus profluxi ad hominum famam, Cic. Coel. 3, 6. (ii.) to have, take its s. in, expr. by ŏrior, prŏfĭciscor, etc. (v. to originate): ēmāno, māno (v. to emanate [II.], TO PROCEED FROM). Miscell.: you hear of our misfortunes sooner than I do, for you are close to the s., de malis nostris tu prius audis quam ego, istinc enim manant, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: so that I was surprised, so long a period of wretchedness had not dried up the s.s of his tears, ut mirarer eas (lacrimas) tam diuturna miseria non exaruisse, ib. 10, 14, 1.

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