barren Copy link Outline 1. stĕrĭlis, e2. măcer, cra, crum (v. LEAN)3. infēlix (esp. of that which is by nature unfruitful; q. v.)4. jējūnus (rare)5. exīlis, e • barren: 1. stĕrĭlis, e: a b. cow, s. vacca, Virg.: a b. plant, s. herba, Ov.: b. fields, s. agri, Virg. Fig.: a lover b. of gifts, sterilis amator a donis, Pl.: a b. February, s. Februarius, Cic.: b. letters, s. epistolae, Plin.: a b. peace, s. pax, Tac.: an age not so b. of virtues, non adeo virtutum s. seculum, Tac. 2. măcer, cra, crum (v. lean): a b. farm, m. agellus, Hor.: poor, b. soil, solum exile et m., Cic.: b. vineyards, m. vineae, Col. 3. infēlix (esp. of that which is by nature unfruitful; q. v.): Cic.: Virg. 4. jējūnus (rare): a b. field, j. ager, Cic.: b. gravel, j. glarea, Virg. Fig.: a b. and narrow mind, j. animus et angustus, Cic.: solitary and b. knowledge, solivaga cognitio et j., Cic. 5. exīlis, e: v. meagre.
BARREN Copy link • BARRENinfecundus (in reference to procreative power; also to the soil: opposed to fecundus): sterilis (ta reference to productive power, what bears no fruit; also of the soil, of the year: opposed to fertilis, and [in reference to the soil] opimus. Fig., in reference to the female sex).