fertilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From ferō (“to carry, bear”) +‎ -ilis (suffix forming adjectives), with -t- probably by analogy to other deverbal adjectives in -ilis, many of which were built on past participle stems. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.tɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.ti.lis] === Adjective === fertilis (neuter fertile, comparative fertilior, superlative fertilissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective fruitful, fertile Synonyms: fecundus, frūgifer, ūber, opīmus, dīves, dītis productive ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== fertilitās fertiliter ==== Related terms ==== ferō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “fertilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fertilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fertilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.