fecunditas

Latin

Etymology

From fēcundus (“fertile, fruitful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feːˈkun.di.taːs/, [feːˈkʊn̪d̪ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈkun.di.tas/, [feˈkun̪d̪it̪äs]

Noun

fēcunditās f (genitive fēcunditātis); third declension

1. fruitfulness, fertility

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēcunditās	fēcunditātēs
Genitive	fēcunditātis	fēcunditātum
Dative	fēcunditātī	fēcunditātibus
Accusative	fēcunditātem	fēcunditātēs
Ablative	fēcunditāte	fēcunditātibus
Vocative	fēcunditās	fēcunditātēs

Related terms

• fēcundātor
• fēcundē
• fēcundus
• fēcundō
• fētus

Descendants

• English: fecundity
• French: fécondité
• Italian: fecondità

References

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