Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fónt-e, s. m. & f. dim. Fónt-icélla, Fónt-icéllo, Fónt-icína,
1. fountain, spring, source; 2. spring, source, origin, cause. Sacro —, the baptismal font. Levare al — un bambino, to stand godfather or godmother; 3. (poet.) water. Gran —, the sea.
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fonte: a source, a spring, a fountaine, a fount, a well. Also a beginning, vsed also for a funt or place of baptisme.