[This is a MPIWG MPDL language technology service] |
WordInfo
MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- stĕrĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [sterilis], unfruitfulness, barrenness, sterility (class.). I. Lit.:
quae sit vel sterilitas agrorum vel fertilitas futura
, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: frugum
, Vell. 1, 1 fin.: arborum
, Plin. 16, 26, 47, 111: annonae
, Col. 2, 10, 1: vitium
, id. 3, 10, 15: terrae
, Vulg. Thren. 4, 9: fetus exstitit in sterilitate naturae
, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36: mulierum
, Plin. 28, 8, 27, 97: in sterilitatem castrare
, id. 18, 14, 36, 136.—Plur., Suet. Claud. 18: continuae
, Plin. Ep. 10, 8 (24), 5.— B. Transf.: caelestis sterilitas
, weather that causes unfruitfulness
, Plin. 18, 29, 69, 290: sterilitas fortunae
, poverty
, insufficiency
, id. 14, prooem. 4.— II. Trop.: in sterilitatem emarcuit (auctoritas)
, Plin. 15, 29, 36, 121.
[* external links may not function]
Elapsed time: 8 ms, see the service description of this page, if you find a bug let us know