fons et origo meaning
/fons et o-rīˈgō, -rēˈ/
(Latin)
The source and origin
(Latin)
The source and origin
Examples
More: Next- Tinctoris hailed Dunstaple as the " fons et origo " of the style, its " wellspring and origin ."
- Although he had been painting for almost twenty years, Bacon steadfastly insisted that " Three Studies " was the " fons et origo " of his career.
- Hoskins referred to Way as the " " fons et origo " of the mighty tribe of Pollard " and stated it to have been acquired by them from the de la Way family even earlier before 1242.
- I wrote a fair summary of what the source, Zaslaw, says about Italy : " . . . the land where the terminology and much else of modern music had originated . " This I believe gives weight to the otherwise unexplained " fons et origo ", though I am happy for it to be left as " of modern music ".
- In my judgment, that agreement and letter are not the only, or even the most cogent, evidence of the original transaction, since we have the letter of December 2, 1963, which I have read, which is the " fons et origo " of the whole matter, and that clearly provided that the bank were going to be the purchasers.