English → Latin
“productive” in Latin
ferāxfruitful, fertilefertilisfruitful, fertile; productiveopīmusfat, rich, plump, corpulent; fertile, fruitful (land)fēcundusfertile or fruitful; productive (of offspring) or prolific; abundant, prolific, plentifulūbera teat, pap, dug, udder, a lactating breast; richness, fruitfulnessfrūgiferfructiferous; fruitful, fertilefrūctuōsusfruitful, productive; profitable, advantageouslargusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in something; bountiful, liberal, munificent; generous with, lavish ofmetōto reap, harvest; to cut, crop or snip off; to cut through, sever
The English word productive itself goes back to Latin dūcō, through productivus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
productive
ferax (the proper word of the soil, etc.): fertilis (εὔφορος, ; that bears well, or produces much; opposed to infecundus, barren; alicujus rei): opimus (rich, in respect of corn and produce, of a country, etc.; both are opposed to sterilis). (The words are found in this connection and order.) opimus et fertilis; fecundus, alicujus rei (that bears well, εὔτοκος, usually of living animals; of things only when personified): uber (abounding in productive power): frugifer, fructuosus (bearing much fruit): largus (copious, abundant; e.g., messis): a province productive of corn, fecunda annonae provincia: to be very productive of anything, copiam alicujus rei effundere: this year was very productive of poets, magnum proventum poetarum annus hic attulit (Plin., Ep., 1, 13, 1): this age was very productive of orators, haec aetas effudit copiam oratorum (Cic., Brut., 9, 36). Vid: also FERTILE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for productive?
- The usual Latin words for “productive” are ferāx, fertilis, opīmus; also fēcundus, ūber, frūgifer. 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.