FOUNTAIN, in a metaphorical sense, is used for generation, children. Let the Fountains Prov. v. 16. Ps. lxviii. 27.be dispersed abroad; may you have a numerous posterity. Ye that are of the Fountains of Israel: Benedicite Domino de fontibus Israel. See likewise Eccles. xii. 6. Conteretur hydria super fontem.
All sources of water whatever are called Fountains: for example; All the Fountains Gen. vii. 11. Cant. iv. 15.of the great deep were broke up. Fons hortorum, puteus aquarum viventium. A Fountain of living water, or a Fountain of Life, is a source of living water, whether it issue out of the earth like a Fountain, or is in the bottom Levit. xx. 18. Mark v. 19.of a Well. Fons sanguinis, the blood of a person incommoded with a loss of blood, whether natural or otherwise.