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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fertilis fertile, fertilior -or -us, fertilissimus -a -um ADJ :: [[fertile]], [[fruitful]]; [[abundant]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fertĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[fero]], I. B. 3..<br /><b>I</b> Fruitful, [[fertile]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[ferax]], [[fecundus]], [[uber]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[ager]], [[quamvis]] [[fertilis]], [[sine]] [[cultura]] [[fructuosus]] esse non potest, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: [[Asia]] tam opima est ac [[fertilis]]. ut, etc., id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: agri opimi et fertiles, id. Agr. 2, 19, 51; cf.: agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles, id. Div. 1, 42, 94: agri lati et fertiles, id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120; id. N. D. 2, 53: [[ager]] [[fertilis]] et [[praeda]] [[onustus]], Sall. J. 87, 1; Ov. F. 5, 12, 23: [[terra]], Liv. 45, 30, 4: [[Africa]], Hor. C. 3, 16, 31: [[Tibur]], id. ib. 4, 3, 10: [[oliveta]], id. ib. 2, 15, 8: [[Bacchus]] (i. e. [[vinum]]), id. ib. 2, 6, 19: [[herba]], Ov. F. 3, 240: [[annus]], Prop. 4 (5), 8, 14: [[cornu]] nutricis (i. e. Copiae), Ov. F. 5, 127.—Poet.: [[serpens]], i. e. the [[Hydra]], [[continually]] producing [[new]] heads, Ov. H. 9, 95.—Comp.: [[uberius]] [[solum]] fertilioremve segetem, Quint. 12, 10, 25.— Prov.: fertilior [[seges]] est alienis [[semper]] in agris, Ov. A. A. 1, 349.—Sup.: quae fertilissima sunt Germaniae loca [[circum]] Hercyniam silvam, Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2: [[regio]] agri, id. ib. 7, 13 fin.: [[ager]], Liv. 29, 25, 12: [[quaestus]], Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: proferre [[possum]] multos fertiles agros alios aliorum fructuum, [[fertile]], [[some]] in one [[kind]] of [[produce]], [[some]] in [[another]], Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 131; cf.: [[ager]] frugum [[fertilis]], Sall. J. 17, 5: [[fertilis]] hominum frugumque [[Gallia]], Liv. 5, 34, 2: [[tellus]] frugum pecorisque, Hor. C. S. 29: [[mare]] testae, id. S. 2, 4, 31: insulae pabuli [[tantum]], Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 86: arenae vitri, id. 5, 19, 17, § 75.—Comp.: incolae (Taprobanes) auri margaritarumque grandium fertiliores [[quam]] [[Indi]], richer in, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: [[ager]] a litore arboribus [[fertilis]], [[intus]] frugibus [[tantum]], Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33: [[flumen]] [[auro]], id. 6, 23, 26, § 98.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: [[tractus]] [[fertilis]] ad omnia, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 190.—（ε) With a and abl.: [[Aetna]] a [[sacro]] [[numquam]] non [[fertilis]] igni, Lucil. [[Aetna]], 556.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[fertile]], [[productive]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[fertile]] [[pectus]] habes, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 11: Bacche, soles Phoebo [[fertilis]] esse tuo, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 76: tanto priscorum [[cura]] fertilior fuit, Plin. H. N. 14 praef. § 3.—<br /><b>II</b> That makes [[fruitful]] or [[fertile]], fertilizing ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): dea (i. e. [[Ceres]]), Ov. M. 5, 642: [[Nilus]], Tib. 1, 7, 22; Val. Fl. 7, 608: majores fertilissimum in agro oculum domini esse dixerunt, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 43.—Hence, * adv.: fertĭlĭter, fruitfully, [[abundantly]]: derelicta (metalla) fertilius revivescunt, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fertĭlis</b>,¹⁰ e ([[fero]]), fertile, productif : Cic. Pomp. 14 ; Tusc. 2, 13 ; Div. 1, 94, etc. ; [[annus]] Prop. 4, 8, 14, année abondante ; [avec gén.] Cic. Nat. 2, 131 ; Sall. J. 17, 5 ; [[fertilis]] hominum Liv. 5, 34, 2, [pays] bien peuplé &#124;&#124; [fig.] riche, abondant : fertile [[pectus]] Ov. P. 4, 2, 11, génie fécond &#124;&#124; qui rend fécond, qui fertilise : Tib. 1, 7, 22 ; Ov. M. 5, 642 &#124;&#124; -lior Quint. 12, 10, 25 ; -lissimus Cæs. G. 6, 24, 2.||[fig.] riche, abondant : fertile [[pectus]] Ov. P. 4, 2, 11, génie fécond||qui rend fécond, qui fertilise : Tib. 1, 7, 22 ; Ov. M. 5, 642||-lior Quint. 12, 10, 25 ; -lissimus Cæs. G. 6, 24, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=fertilis, e ([[fero]]), [[tragbar]], I) = zum Fruchttragen [[geeignet]], tragfähig, ertragsfähig, [[ager]], [[quamvis]] [[fertilis]], [[sine]] [[cultura]] [[fructuosus]] [[esse]] [[non]] potest, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13: u. so [[ager]] fert., Ov. trist. 5, 12, 23: agri uberrimi maximeque fertiles, Cic.: [[Pallene]], [[fertilis]] et frugifera [[terra]], Liv. 45, 30, 4. – II) prägn., [[fruchtbar]], A) = Früchte tragend, [[ergiebig]], dem Ertrage [[nach]] [[reich]] (Ggstz. [[sterilis]]), a) eig.: [[ager]], Cic.: [[fertilis]] ac frugifera [[terra]], Liv.: fert. [[oliveta]], Hor.: [[herba]], Ov.: [[serpens]], Ov.: [[annus]], Prop. u. Sen.: fertilior [[seges]], Ov.: [[ager]] fertilissimus, Liv.: [[milium]] fertilissimum, Plin.: ea, [[quae]] fertilissima Germaniae sunt, [[loca]], Caes. – m. Genet., an etw., multos fertiles agros alios aliorum fructuum, Cic.: [[Gallia]] [[fertilis]] hominum frugumque, Liv.: auri fertilissimi [[Dardae]], Plin. – [[mit]] Abl., an od. [[durch]] etw., [[flumen]] fertile [[auro]], Plin.: [[insula]] [[agro]] f., Liv.: f. ubere [[campus]], Verg. – m. ad u. Akk., terrae ad pabula fertiles, [[Mela]]: [[tractus]] fertiles ad [[omnia]], Plin. – m. ab u. Abl., [[Aetna]] a [[sacro]] [[numquam]] [[non]] [[fertilis]] igni, Auct. Aetnae 556. – b) übtr.: [[pectus]], Ov.: [[cura]], Plin.: [[ingenium]] ex se fertile, Sen. – m. Genet., et [[homo]] et [[locus]] doctrinae fertilissimus, Val. Max. 8, 7. ext. 3. – [[mit]] in u. Akk., aër [[fertilis]] in mortes, Lucan. 9, 620. – B) [[fruchtbar]] = befruchtend, [[dea]], v. der [[Ceres]], Ov.: [[Bacchus]], [[Segen]] spendend, Hor.: [[Nilus]], Tibull.: fertilissimum in [[agro]] oculum domini [[esse]] dixerunt, Plin.
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