sterilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (sterile).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sterilis (neuter sterile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. barren, sterile
  2. unprofitable, futile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sterilis sterile sterilēs sterilia
Genitive sterilis sterilium
Dative sterilī sterilibus
Accusative sterilem sterile sterilēs
sterilīs
sterilia
Ablative sterilī sterilibus
Vocative sterilis sterile sterilēs sterilia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: estèril
  • English: sterile
  • French: stérile
  • German: steril
  • Italian: sterile
  • Piedmontese: stéril
  • Portuguese: estéril
  • Romanian: steril
  • 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.
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