LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

sterilitās

sterilitās f (genitive sterilitātis)

Meaning

  1. sterility, barrenness
  2. scarcity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesterilitāssterilitātēs
genitivesterilitātissterilitātum
dativesterilitātīsterilitātibus
accusativesterilitātemsterilitātēs
ablativesterilitātesterilitātibus
vocativesterilitāssterilitātēs

stĕrĭlĭtas, ātis, f. sterilis,
I. unfruitfulness, barrenness, sterility (class.).
I. Lit.: quae sit vel sterilitas agrorum vel fertilitas futura, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131; id. Agr. 2, 26, 70: frugum, Vell. 1, 1 fin.: arborum, Plin. 16, 26, 47, § 111: annonae, Col. 2, 10, 1: vitium, id. 3, 10, 15: terrae, Vulg. Thren. 4, 9: fetus exstitit in sterilitate naturae, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 36: mulierum, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 97: in sterilitatem castrare, id. 18, 14, 36, § 136.—Plur., Suet. Claud. 18: continuae, Plin. Ep. 10, 8 (24), 5.—*
B. Transf.: caelestis sterilitas, weather that causes unfruitfulness, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 290: sterilitas fortunae, poverty, insufficiency, id. 14, prooem. § 4.—*
II. Trop.: in sterilitatem emarcuit (auctoritas), Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 121.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin sterilitās From sterilis + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanesterilitat
  • Englishsterility
  • Frenchstérilité
  • Italiansterilità
  • Portugueseesterilidade
  • Romaniansterilitate
  • Spanishesterilidad

In English words that came into English from sterilitās

  • sterilitysterilitās

Quick answers

What does sterilitās mean in Latin?
sterilitās, a noun, means “sterility, barrenness; scarcity”.
What is the genitive of sterilitās?
The genitive singular is sterilitātis. sterilitās is feminine, third declension.