fecundus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- +‎ -cundus, see also Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu), Old Armenian դիեմ (diem) and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [feːˈkʊn.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈkun.dus] === Adjective === fēcundus (feminine fēcunda, neuter fēcundum); first/second-declension adjective fertile or fruitful Synonyms: fertilis, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis productive (of offspring) or prolific abundant, prolific, plentiful Synonyms: cōpiōsus, cumulātus, largus, abundāns, ūber Antonyms: vacuus, carēns, expers, viduus imaginative ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== fēcundē īnfēcundus ==== Related terms ==== fēcundātor fēcunditās fēcundō fētus ==== Descendants ==== Franco-Provençal: fyõ, fion Old Catalan: fegon Piedmontese: fọ́ndo → Catalan: fecund → English: fecund → French: fécond → Italian: fecondo → Portuguese: fecundo → Spanish: fecundo === 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. Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “fecundus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 243