fertilis
Latin
Etymology
From ferō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ti.lis/, [ˈfɛrt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ti.lis/, [ˈfɛrt̪ilis]
Adjective
fertilis (neuter fertile, superlative fertilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
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
Descendants
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
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