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Latin
Etymology
fōns, fontis + -ānus
Pronunciation
Adjective
fontānus (feminine fontāna, neuter fontānum); first/second-declension adjective
- bearing a relation to the spring or source
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Noun
fontānus m (genitive fontānī); second declension
- fuller, who needs access to water to cleanse cloths
- Synonym: fullō
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- Rohde, Dorothea (2012) Zwischen Individuum und Stadtgemeinde: die Integration von Collegia in Hafenstädten, Mainz: Verlag Antike, pages 190–191
- Tran, Nicolas (2007) “Le «procès des foulons» : l 'occupation litigieuse d'un espace vicinal par des artisans romains”, in Mélanges de l'école française de Rome, volume 119, number 2, pages 597-611
- fontanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fontanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.