English → Latin
“fertilize” in Latin
fēcundusfertile or fruitful; productive (of offspring) or prolific; abundant, prolific, plentifulfēcundōto make fruitful, fertilizeūberōTo be fruitful; To fertilizelaetificōto delight, cheer, gladden; to give joy; to make fruitful; to fertilize, enrichfermentōto cause to rise, ferment or leaven; to cause to swell, break up or loosen; to rise or fermentgravidōto burden, load; to impregnatevieōto bend or twist, plait, weave
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fertilize
feraciorem reddere: fecundum or fertilem reddere: fecundare: fecunditatem dare alicui rei: uberare (all of land); also laetificare (as, Indus... aqua laetificat terram, Cic.): and fermentare (of what lightens the soil, etc., Varr., Col.): ☞ fetificare (Plin.): gravidare (PROP., to make or render pregnant, Aur., Viet., Ep., 29, 14; but used by Cic., N.D., 2, 33, in an improper sense of fertilizing the soil, terra gravidata seminibus): to fertilize the ground by anything, aliqua re terris dare fecunditatem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fertilize?
- The usual Latin words for “fertilize” are fēcundus, fēcundō, ūberō; also laetificō, fermentō, gravidō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.