fertilis

Latin

Etymology

From ferō (“carry, bear”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ti.lis/, [ˈfɛrt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
  • (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

Descendants
  • → Asturian: fértil
  • → Catalan: fèrtil
  • → English: fertile
  • → French: fertile
  • → Friulian: fertil
  • → 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere
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