sterilis

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus, strēnuus, torpeō, Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈstɛ.rɪ.lɪs]

AdjectiveEdit

sterilis (neuter sterile); third declension

1. barren, sterile
2. unprofitable, futile

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

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	sterilia
ablative	sterilī			sterilibus
vocative	sterilis	sterile		sterilēs	sterilia

ReferencesEdit

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)