"fertus" meaning in Latin

See fertus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈfɛr.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɛr.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *fertos, past participle of *ferō (“to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. See also Latin ferō (“to bear”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{der|la|itc-pro|*fertos}} Proto-Italic *fertos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰer-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Head templates: {{la-adj|fertus}} fertus (feminine ferta, neuter fertum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|fertus}} Forms: ferta [feminine], fertum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], fertus [masculine, nominative, singular], ferta [feminine, nominative, singular], fertum [neuter, nominative, singular], fertī [masculine, nominative, plural], fertae [feminine, nominative, plural], ferta [neuter, nominative, plural], fertī [genitive, masculine, singular], fertae [feminine, genitive, singular], fertī [genitive, neuter, singular], fertōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], fertārum [feminine, genitive, plural], fertōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], fertō [dative, masculine, singular], fertae [dative, feminine, singular], fertō [dative, neuter, singular], fertīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fertum [accusative, masculine, singular], fertam [accusative, feminine, singular], fertum [accusative, neuter, singular], fertōs [accusative, masculine, plural], fertās [accusative, feminine, plural], ferta [accusative, neuter, plural], fertō [ablative, masculine, singular], fertā [ablative, feminine, singular], fertō [ablative, neuter, singular], fertīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ferte [masculine, singular, vocative], ferta [feminine, singular, vocative], fertum [neuter, singular, vocative], fertī [masculine, plural, vocative], fertae [feminine, plural, vocative], ferta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. fertile; productive Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: fertilis, ferāx
    Sense id: en-fertus-la-adj-W6b8A1VO Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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          "fertās",
          "fertas#Latin"
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          "fertā",
          "ferta#Latin"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.