fecundus

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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 (doiti).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. fertile or fruitful
    Synonyms: fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis
    • 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 dowry: a breeze warms , being moistened by a spring of clear water.”
      (See Flora (mythology).)
  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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fēcundus fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda
genitive fēcundī fēcundae fēcundī fēcundōrum fēcundārum fēcundōrum
dative fēcundō fēcundae fēcundō fēcundīs
accusative fēcundum fēcundam fēcundum fēcundōs fēcundās fēcunda
ablative fēcundō fēcundā fēcundō fēcundīs
vocative fēcunde fēcunda fēcundum fēcundī fēcundae fēcunda

Derived terms

Descendants

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.
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