sterilitatis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sterilitas, sterilitatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
barrenness, sterility, inability (female) to reproduce/(land) to produce crops;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...spem sociandae classis corruptum, et incusatae paulo ante sterilitatis oblitus, abactos partus conscientia libidinum, eaque sibi comperta edicto..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...cessura, certaret. Haec inopina siccitate usque ad iniuriam sterilitatis exaruit: quia piger Nilus cunctanter alveo sese ac languide..."
