sterilis
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“sterile”). Related to Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra, “heifer; barren woman”) and German Sterke (“heifer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛrɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈst̪ɛːrilis]
Adjective
[edit]sterilis (neuter sterile); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | sterilis | sterile | sterilēs | sterilia | |
| genitive | sterilis | sterilium | |||
| dative | sterilī | sterilibus | |||
| accusative | sterilem | sterile | sterilēs sterilīs |
sterilia | |
| ablative | sterilī | sterilibus | |||
| vocative | sterilis | sterile | sterilēs | sterilia | |
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- “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.