fecundus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, see also Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎‎ (daēnu), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem) and Old Church Slavonic доити (dojti).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /feːˈkun.dus/, [feːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈkun.dus/, [feˈkun̪d̪us]

Adjective

fēcundus (feminine fēcunda, neuter fēcundum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. fertile or fruitful
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.209-210:
      ‘est mihi fēcundus dōtālibus hortus in agrīs:
      aura fovet, liquidae fonte rigātur aquae’
      “Mine is a fruitful garden in the fields [that are my] dowry: a breeze warms [it], [it] being moistened by a spring of clear water.”
      (See Flora (mythology).)
    Synonyms: fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis
  2. productive (of offspring) or prolific
  3. abundant, prolific, plentiful
    Synonyms: cōpiōsus, cumulātus, largus, abundāns, ūber
    Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus
  4. imaginative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fēcundus fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda
Genitive fēcundī fēcundae fēcundī fēcundōrum fēcundārum fēcundōrum
Dative fēcundō fēcundō fēcundīs
Accusative fēcundum fēcundam fēcundum fēcundōs fēcundās fēcunda
Ablative fēcundō fēcundā fēcundō fēcundīs
Vocative fēcunde fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: fyõ, fion
  • Piedmontese: fọ́ndo
  • → Catalan: fecund
  • → English: fecund
  • → French: fécond
  • → Italian: fecondo
  • → Portuguese: fecundo
  • → Spanish: fecundo

References
  • “fecundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fecundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fecundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “30”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 442
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