prolific Copy link • prolific: fēcundus: nothing more p. than the swine, sue nihil fecundius, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160. Or expr. by abl. of quality: insigni fecunditate, Tac. A. 1, 41. See also fertile, productive.
PROLIFIC Copy link • PROLIFICPROP., (of land, etc.) fertilis; fecundus; uber; ferax (usually with a genitive, rarely with ablative; Cic. uses it almost always figuratively): fructuosus; frugifer: (of animals) fecundus; multos partus, fetus, edens. Figuratively, ferax; copiosus; fecundus; uber. SYN. and PHR. in FERTILE, FRUITFUL].