fertilis

Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. fruitful, fertile

   Synonyms: fecundus, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis

2. 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
• → Galician: fértil
• → 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere