fecunditas

Latin

Etymology

From fēcundus (“fertile, fruitful”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feːˈkun.di.taːs/, [feːˈkʊn̪d̪ɪt̪äːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈkun.di.tas/, [feˈkun̪d̪it̪äs]

Noun

fēcunditās f (genitive fēcunditātis); third declension

fruitfulness, fertility

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēcunditās	fēcunditātēs
Genitive	fēcunditātis	fēcunditātum
Dative	fēcunditātī	fēcunditātibus
Accusative	fēcunditātem	fēcunditātēs
Ablative	fēcunditāte	fēcunditātibus
Vocative	fēcunditās	fēcunditātēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: fecundity
→ French: fécondité
→ Italian: fecondità

References

“fecunditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fecunditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fecunditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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