sterilis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). Cognate with Latin stultus, stolidus, strēnuus, torpeō, Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈste.ri.lis/, [ˈstɛ.rɪ.lɪs]

Adjective

sterilis (neuter sterile); third declension

  1. barren, sterile
  2. unprofitable, futile

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sterilis sterile sterilēs sterilia
Genitive sterilis sterilis sterilium sterilium
Dative sterilī sterilī sterilibus sterilibus
Accusative sterilem sterile sterilēs, sterilīs sterilia
Ablative sterilī sterilī sterilibus sterilibus
Vocative sterilis sterile sterilēs sterilia

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
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