FONTUS, ARA
FONS, ARA
an altar of the god Fontus or Fons on the Janiculum (Cic. de leg. ii. 56), near the burial place of Numa. Its exact site is, of course, unknown (HJ 624; RE vi. 2839; Rosch. i. 1497; WR 221; Walde, Etym. Wert. s.v. Fons; Pais, Fasti Triumph. ii. 478).