sterilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈst̪ɛːrilis]

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

• sterilitās

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.