Fontus

Latin

Etymology

From fons (“spring, fountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfon.tus/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfon.tus/, [ˈfɔn̪t̪us]

Proper noun

Fontus m sg (genitive Fontī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) The god of flowing water

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fontus
genitive	Fontī
dative	Fontō
accusative	Fontum
ablative	Fontō
vocative	Fonte

References

• “Fontus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Fontus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.