infertilis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfer.ti.lis/, [ĩːˈfɛrt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfer.ti.lis/, [iɱˈfɛrt̪ilis]

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

• īnfertilitās

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.