LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

īnfēcundus

īnfēcundus (feminine īnfēcunda, neuter īnfēcundum)
Classical[ĩː.feːˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[iɱ.feˈkun.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunfruitful, infertile

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnfēcundusīnfēcundaīnfēcundum
genitiveīnfēcundīīnfēcundaeīnfēcundī
dativeīnfēcundōīnfēcundaeīnfēcundō
accusativeīnfēcundumīnfēcundamīnfēcundum
ablativeīnfēcundōīnfēcundāīnfēcundō
vocativeīnfēcundeīnfēcundaīnfēcundum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeīnfēcundīīnfēcundaeīnfēcunda
genitiveīnfēcundōrumīnfēcundārumīnfēcundōrum
dativeīnfēcundīsīnfēcundīsīnfēcundīs
accusativeīnfēcundōsīnfēcundāsīnfēcunda
ablativeīnfēcundīsīnfēcundīsīnfēcundīs
vocativeīnfēcundīīnfēcundaeīnfēcunda

in-fēcundus, a, um, adj.,
I. unfruitful (rare): ager frugum fertilis, arbore infecundus, Sall. J. 17, 5; Verg. G. 2, 48; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 34.— Comp.: infecundior materia, Col. 2, 4, 7.— * Adv.: infēcundē, unfruitfully, i. e. meagrely, sparingly: infecunde atque jejune laudare, Gell. 19, 3, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinīnfēcundus

Latin fēcundus Latin īnfēcundus From īn- + fēcundus (“fertile, productive”).

Descendants
  • Catalaninfecund
  • Frenchinfécond
  • Italianinfecondo
  • Occitaninfecond
  • Portugueseinfecundo
  • Spanishinfecundo
  • Galicianinfecundo

In English words that came into English from īnfēcundus

  • infecundityinfecunditas

Quick answers

What does īnfēcundus mean in Latin?
īnfēcundus, a adjective, means “unfruitful, infertile”.
How do you pronounce īnfēcundus?
In classical Latin, [ĩː.feːˈkʊn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱ.feˈkun.dus].
Where does īnfēcundus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin īnfēcundus.