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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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fertĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg

• fertĭlis, e, adj. [fero, I. B. 3.].
  1. I. Fruitful, fertile (class.; syn.: ferax, fecundus, uber).
    1. A. Lit.
          1. α. Absol.: ager, quamvis fertilis, sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: Asia tam opima est ac fertilis. ut, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: agri opimi et fertiles, id. Agr. 2, 19, 51; cf.: agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles, id. Div. 1, 42, 94: agri lati et fertiles, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. N. D. 2, 53: ager fertilis et praeda onustus, Sall. J. 87, 1; Ov. F. 5, 12, 23: terra, Liv. 45, 30, 4: Africa, Hor. C. 3, 16, 31: Tibur, id. ib. 4, 3, 10: oliveta, id. ib. 2, 15, 8: Bacchus (i. e. vinum), id. ib. 2, 6, 19: herba, Ov. F. 3, 240: annus, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 14. cornu nutricis (i. e. Copiae), Ov. F. 5, 127.—Poet.: serpens, i. e. the Hydra, continually producing new heads, Ov. H. 9, 95.—Comp.: uberius solum fertilioremve segetem, Quint. 12, 10, 25.— Prov.: fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, Ov. A. A. 1, 349.—Sup.: quae fertilissima sunt Germaniae loca circum Hercyniam silvam, Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2: regio agri, id. ib. 7, 13 fin.: ager, Liv. 29, 25, 12: quaestus, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 5.—
          2. β. With gen.: proferre possum multos fertiles agros alios aliorum fructuum, fertile, some in one kind of produce, some in another, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 131; cf.: ager frugum fertilis, Sall. J. 17, 5: fertilis hominum frugumque Gallia, Liv. 5, 34, 2: tellus frugum pecorisque, Hor. C. S. 29: mare testae, id. S. 2, 4, 31: insulae pabuli tantum, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86: arenae vitri, id. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Comp.: incolae (Taprobanes) auri margaritarumque grandium fertiliores quam Indi, richer in, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—
          3. γ. With abl.: ager a litore arboribus fertilis, intus frugibus tantum, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33: flumen auro, id. 6, 23, 26, § 98.—
          4. δ. With ad: tractus fertilis ad omnia, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190.—(ε) With a and abl.: Aetna a sacro numquam non fertilis igni, Lucil. Aetna, 556.—
    2. B. Trop., fertile, productive (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): fertile pectus habes, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 11: Bacche, soles Phoebo fertilis esse tuo, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 76. tanto priscorum cura fertilior fuit, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—
  2. II. That makes fruitful or fertile, fertilizing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): dea (i. e. Ceres), Ov. M. 5, 642: Nilus, Tib. 1, 7, 22; Val. Fl. 7, 608: majores fertilissimum in agro oculum domini esse dixerunt, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 43.—Hence, * adv.: fertĭlĭter, fruitfully, abundantly: derelicta (metalla) fertilius revivescunt, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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fertĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg

• fertĭlis, e (fero), fertile, productif : Cic. Pomp. 14 ; Tusc. 2, 13 ; Div. 1, 94, etc. ; annus Prop. 4, 8, 14, année abondante ; [avec gén.] Cic. Nat. 2, 131 ; Sall. J. 17, 5 ; fertilis hominum Liv. 5, 34, 2, [pays] bien peuplé || [fig.] riche, abondant : fertile pectus Ov. P. 4, 2, 11, génie fécond || qui rend fécond, qui fertilise : Tib. 1, 7, 22 ; Ov. M. 5, 642 || -lior Quint. 12, 10, 25 ; -lissimus Cæs. G. 6, 24, 2.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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fertĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg

FERTILIS e. Adi. [εὔφορος, γόνιμος] Idem quod Ferax. Columel. 3, 6 pr. […]
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FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fertile:
      1. 1. fertĭlis, e (capable of yielding abundance): rich and f. lands, agri opimi et f., Cic.: the most f. parts of Germany, fertilissima Germaniae loca, Caes.: with gen., abl., or acc. with ad: a land f. in corn and cattle, tellus frugum pecorisque f., Hor.: Liv.: a land f. in trees, ager arboribus f., Plin.: a district f. in every product, tractus ad omnia f., Plin. (in Cic. fertilis appears always to be used absol.). Fig.: a f. bosom (of genius), f. pectus, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 11.
      2. 2. fēcundus (productive; actually yielding abundantly): drainage, whereby the soil is rendered much more f., fossiones agri, quibus fit multo terra fecundior, Cic. Sen. 15, 53: usu. with gen., also abl.: a land f. in mineral wealth, tellus metallorum f., Plin. (in Cic. always absol.). Fig.: ages f. in crime, f. secula culpae, Hor.: love is most f. both in honey and gall, amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Pl. Cist. 1, 1, 70.
      3. 3. fĕrax, ācis (= fertilis; same constr.): most f. lands, feracissimi agri, Caes.: Cic.: Iberia f. in poisons, Iberia venenorum f., Hor. Fig.: nothing can be more f. than the mind, nihil est feracius ingeniis, Cic. Or. 15, 48.
      4. 4. ūber, ĕris (abundantly productive): a f. soil, u. solum, Liv. 29, 35, fin. (where immediately before fertilissimus is used: cf. Prop. 1, 22, 10: Umbria terris fertilis uberibus, i. e. a country naturally f., and therefore richly productive): with gen.: Just. 44, 3, med. Fig.: of all the orators of his age he was the most f., oratorum ex aetate uberrimus erat, Tac. Ann. 3, 31.
      5. 5. fētus: Cic.: v. teeming, prolific.
      6. 6. ŏpīmus: a f. plain, o. campus, Liv.: v. rich. Phr.: a man f. in expedients, *homo ad res excogitandas promptus; homo versutus.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FERTILE
  • fecundus (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.