sterilis

Contents

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 m, f ‎(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 & 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 (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.