FERTILE Copy link • FERTILEfecundus (denotes the fruitfulness of a living and breeding being, opposed to effetus, εὔτοκος): fertilis: ferax (denote the fruitfulness of inanimate and productive nature, and of the elements; opposed to sterilis; εὔφορος: fertilis, of the actual fruitfulness which has been produced by cultivation; ferax, of the mere capability which arises from the nature of the soil. Cic. uses fertilis, PROP.; ferax, figuratively): uber (fertilis and ferax denote fruitfulness under the image of creative and productive power, as of the father and mother; uber, under the image of fostering and sustaining, as of the nurse, like εὐθηνής): frugifer (denotes fertility under the image of a corn-field): fructuosus (under the image of a tree rich in fruit; ἔγκαρπος, Döderlein). (The words are found in this connection and order.) uber et fertilis; fecundus et uber. IMPROPR., ferax: fecundus: uber. (The words are found in this connection and order.) uber et fecundus. A fertile genius, ingenium ferax or fecundum: a fertile imagination, ingenii ubertas: no branch of philosophy is more fertile than that which treats of the duties of man, nullus in philosophia locus est feracior neque uberior, quam de officiis.