fertus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fertos, past participle of *ferō (“to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. See also Latin ferō (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.tus/, [ˈfɛrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.tus/, [ˈfɛrt̪us]

Adjective

fertus (feminine ferta, neuter fertum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fertile, productive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fertus	ferta	fertum		fertī	fertae	ferta
genitive	fertī	fertae	fertī		fertōrum	fertārum	fertōrum
dative	fertō	fertae	fertō		fertīs
accusative	fertum	fertam	fertum		fertōs	fertās	ferta
ablative	fertō	fertā	fertō		fertīs
vocative	ferte	ferta	fertum		fertī	fertae	ferta

Synonyms

• fertilis
• ferax

References

• “fertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.