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‖ fons et origo|fɒnz ɛt əˈraɪgəʊ|
[L.]
The source and origin (of).[1809, etc. examples of fons et origo mali: see Stanford's Dict. Anglicised Words.] 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-Cap iii. 202 Never mind the cause, Fons et origo of the malady: Apply the drug with courage! 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xx. 189 Many writers..hold that the consciousness of active muscular motion, aware of its own amount, is the fons et origo of all spatial measurement. 1897Westm. Gaz. 12 Nov. 2/2 If we may reserve our opinion on the one point which was the fons et origo of Liberal Forwardism—the Eastern Question. 1927A. H. McNeile Introd. N.T. 285 Papias, the fons et origo of many problems. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 955/3 The fons et origo of the downfall of the West. 1966Listener 12 May 701/1 That conjunction of..emotion and expression, that is the fons et origo of his music. |