fons honorum

短语

发音

UK /ˌfɒnz hɒˈnɔːɹəm/
其它

词形变化

fontes honorum 复数 fontes honorum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who, by virtue of sovereignty, holds the exclusive right to create and confer legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry.

    It doesn’t seem that the smaller or lower-ranking states behaved as fontes honorum before 1806.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary