Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, see also Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎(daēnu), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem) and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fēcundus (feminine fēcunda, neuter fēcundum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. fertile or fruitful
    Synonyms: fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis
    • 43 BCEc. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.209-210:
      ‘est mihi fēcundus dōtālibus hortus in agrīs:
      aura fovet, liquidae fonte rigātur aquae’
      “Mine is a fruitful garden in the fields [that are my] dowry: a breeze warms [it], [it] being moistened by a spring of clear water.”
      (See Flora (mythology).)
  2. productive (of offspring) or prolific
  3. abundant, prolific, plentiful
    Synonyms: cōpiōsus, cumulātus, largus, abundāns, ūber
    Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
  4. imaginative

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fēcundus fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda
Genitive fēcundī fēcundae fēcundī fēcundōrum fēcundārum fēcundōrum
Dative fēcundō fēcundō fēcundīs
Accusative fēcundum fēcundam fēcundum fēcundōs fēcundās fēcunda
Ablative fēcundō fēcundā fēcundō fēcundīs
Vocative fēcunde fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Franco-Provençal: fyõ, fion
  • Piedmontese: fọ́ndo
  • Catalan: fecund
  • English: fecund
  • French: fécond
  • Italian: fecondo
  • Portuguese: fecundo
  • Spanish: fecundo

References edit

  • fecundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fecundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fecundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “30”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 442