fons honorum

/ˌfɒnz hɒˈnɔːɹəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

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noun

"In 1919 Pʻun-kʻaṅ taiji bKra-śis-rdo-rje was appointed kung, the only attempt by the Dalai-Lama to succede the defunct Chinese Ch’ing dynasty as fons honorum."
"It doesn’t seem that the smaller or lower-ranking states behaved as fontes honorum before 1806."

Latin: fōns (“fount, source”) + honōrum (“of honours”; the genitive plural form of honor (“honour”)) = “source of honours” ≈ “fount of honour”

fontes honorum (plural)

fount of honour

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɒnz hɒˈnɔːɹəm/.

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Where does fons honorum come from?

Latin: fōns (“fount, source”) + honōrum (“of honours”; the genitive plural form of honor (“honour”)) = “source of honours” ≈ “fount of honour”

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