单词 | fons et origo |
释义 | fons et origon. The source and origin (of something). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [phrase] root?a1400 fons et origo mali1675 fons et origoa1686 locus classicus1906 a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 256 God is Fons & Origo, the Spring of all Entities. 1829 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 811 But tho' this did not lead me to the central Idea (of which to the utmost of my Book-lore you are the Fons et origo) your Idea necessarily leads to this, and both explains and confirms it. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 955/3 The fons et origo of the downfall of the West. 2008 Caribbean Rev. Bks. Feb. 16/1 They are the fons et origo for all that comes afterwards, and they prefigure Naipaul's subsequent work in several intriguing ways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1686 |
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