infertilis

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Latin

Etymology

in- (“un-”) +‎ fertilis (“fertile”). Attested in glosses, put together with Ancient Greek ἄγονος (ágonos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfertilis (neuter īnfertile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. infertile, sterile, unfruitful

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative īnfertilis īnfertile īnfertilēs īnfertilia
Genitive īnfertilis īnfertilium
Dative īnfertilī īnfertilibus
Accusative īnfertilem īnfertile īnfertilēs
īnfertilīs 		īnfertilia
Ablative īnfertilī īnfertilibus
Vocative īnfertilis īnfertile īnfertilēs īnfertilia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: infertile
  • → German: infertil
  • → Italian: infertile
  • → Spanish: infértil

References

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