Fontus

== Latin == === Etymology === From fons (“spring, fountain”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔn.tus] === Proper noun === Fontus m sg (genitive Fontī); second declension (Roman mythology) The god of flowing water ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === 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.