sterilis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“sterile”). Related to Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra, “heifer; barren woman”) and German Sterke (“heifer”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstɛ.rɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstɛː.ri.lis] === Adjective === sterilis (neuter sterile); third-declension two-termination adjective barren, sterile unprofitable, futile ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== sterilitās ==== Descendants ==== === References === “sterilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sterilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sterilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.