sterilis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus, strēnuus, torpeō, Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈstɛ.rɪ.lɪs]
Adjective
sterilis (neuter sterile); third declension
- barren, sterile
- unprofitable, futile
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sterilis | sterile | sterilēs | sterilia | |
| Genitive | sterilis | sterilis | sterilium | sterilium | |
| Dative | sterilī | sterilī | sterilibus | sterilibus | |
| Accusative | sterilem | sterile | sterilēs, sterilīs | sterilia | |
| Ablative | sterilī | sterilī | sterilibus | sterilibus | |
| Vocative | sterilis | sterile | sterilēs | sterilia | |
Descendants
- Spanish: estéril
References
- sterilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sterilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sterilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette