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
- P
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..." - G
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..."
