fontanus

Latin

Etymology

fōns, fontis +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɔnˈtaː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fonˈtaː.nus]

Adjective

fontānus (feminine fontāna, neuter fontānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bearing a relation to the spring or source

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fontānus	fontāna	fontānum		fontānī	fontānae	fontāna
genitive	fontānī	fontānae	fontānī		fontānōrum	fontānārum	fontānōrum
dative	fontānō	fontānae	fontānō		fontānīs
accusative	fontānum	fontānam	fontānum		fontānōs	fontānās	fontāna
ablative	fontānō	fontānā	fontānō		fontānīs
vocative	fontāne	fontāna	fontānum		fontānī	fontānae	fontāna

Descendants

• Italian: fontano
• Portuguese: Fontão

Noun

fontānus m (genitive fontānī); second declension

1. fuller, who needs access to water to cleanse cloths

   Synonym: fullō

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fontānus	fontānī
genitive	fontānī	fontānōrum
dative	fontānō	fontānīs
accusative	fontānum	fontānōs
ablative	fontānō	fontānīs
vocative	fontāne	fontānī

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, 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.