fertilis
Latin
Etymology
From ferō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ti.lis/, [ˈfɛrt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ti.lis/, [ˈfɛrt̪ilis]
Adjective
fertilis (neuter fertile, superlative fertilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- fruitful, fertile
- Synonyms: fecundus, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis
- productive
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fertilis | fertile | fertilēs | fertilia | |
| Genitive | fertilis | fertilium | |||
| Dative | fertilī | fertilibus | |||
| Accusative | fertilem | fertile | fertilēs fertilīs | fertilia | |
| Ablative | fertilī | fertilibus | |||
| Vocative | fertilis | fertile | fertilēs | fertilia | |
Derived terms
- fertilitās
- fertiliter
Related terms
- ferō
Descendants
- → Asturian: fértil
- → Catalan: fèrtil
- → English: fertile
- → French: fertile
- → Friulian: fertil
- → Italian: fertile
- → Piedmontese: fèrtil
- → Portuguese: fértil
- → Romanian: fertil
- → Spanish: fértil
References
- “fertilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fertilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fertilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere
- to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere