fecundus
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) 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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /feːˈkun.dus/, [feːˈkʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈkun.dus/, [feˈkun̪d̪us]
Adjective
fēcundus (feminine fēcunda, neuter fēcundum); first/second-declension adjective
- fertile or fruitful
- productive (of offspring) or prolific
- abundant
- 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 | |
Synonyms
- (fertile): fertilis
Derived terms
Related 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.