fontĭnālis (also fontān-), e, adj. [fons], of or from a spring or fountain, spring-.
I Lit.: aqua, Vitr. 8, 3.—Deriv.
II Transf.
A Adj. : Fontinalis (Fontan-) porta, in Rome , towards the Campus Martius, between the Capitoline and Quirinal hills , Liv. 35, 10, 12; Inscr. Grut. 624, 11; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.; cf. Becker's Antiq. p. 133 sq.—
B Subst.: Fontĭnā-lĭa ( Fontān- ), ium, n., the festival of springs or fountains , celebrated on the 13 th of October , Varr. L. L. 6, § 22; Calend. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. pp. 400, 412; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.