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|lshtext=<b>fēcundus</b>: ([[sometimes]] [[erroneously]] foecund-and faecund-, [[but]] v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. from ‡ feo, [[whence]] also [[fetus]], [[femina]], [[fenus]], etc., cf. [[felix]],<br /><b>I</b> [[fruitful]], [[fertile]] (of plants and animals).—Constr. [[with]] abl., gen., or absol. ([[with]] gen. [[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus [[fit]] [[multo]] [[terra]] fecundior, Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2: glebae, Lucr. 1, 211: [[solum]], Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1: salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi, Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.: [[regio]] fecunda fruticis exigui, Col. 9, 4, 2: [[tellus]] metallorum, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; for [[which]]: [[Amathus]] metallis, Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.: [[mons]] silvae [[frequens]] fecundusque, Tac. A. 4, 65: segetes fecundae et uberes, id. Or. 15, 48: [[nihil]] ocimo fecundius, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120: uxores, Lucr. 4, 1254: conjux, Hor. S. 2, 5, 31: [[lepus]], id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.: [[sue]] ... [[nihil]] genuit [[natura]] fecundius, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rich, [[abundant]], abounding in [[any]] [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf. [[fons]], i. e. [[copious]], Ov. M. 14, 791: legere fecundis collibus herbas, plentifuliy furnished, [[thickly]] [[studded]], id. ib. 14, 347: fecundissima [[gens]], [[rich]] in [[agricultural]] products, Plin. [[Pan]]. 31, 6: ([[specus]]) Uberibus [[fecundus]] aquis, Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.: fecunda melle [[Calymne]], id. ib. 8, 222: viscera (Tityi) poenis, i. e. [[constantly]] renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598: Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens, Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41: nigris [[Meroe]] fecunda colonis, Luc. 10, 303: [[cingula]] monstris, Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.: Aemilium [[genus]] fecundum bonorum civium, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Making [[fruitful]], fertilizing ([[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[imber]], Verg. G. 2, 325; cf. [[Nilus]], Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54: excipe fecundae [[patienter]] verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows [[with]] a [[thong]] of [[skin]] given to women by the luperci, and [[which]] were supposed to [[promote]] [[fruitfulness]], Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and: [[quam]] (Danaën) implevit [[fecundo]] [[Juppiter]] [[auro]], Ov. M. 4, 698.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[fruitful]], [[fertile]], [[prolific]], [[abundant]] ([[class]].): [[pectus]], Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338: [[artifex]], Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71: a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum [[alia]] praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse, Cic. Or. 4, 15: duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, [[quod]] declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est [[lego]], legis, legam, sic [[alia]]: alterum [[genus]] [[sterile]], [[quod]] ex se parit [[nihil]], ut est [[etiam]], vix, [[cras]], etc., Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.: [[amor]] et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70: fecunda culpae saecula, Hor. C. 3, 6, 17: veri [[sacerdos]], Sil. 13, 490: fecundum in fraudes hominum [[genus]], id. 2, 498: [[vester]] [[porro]] [[labor]] fecundior, historiarum scriptores? Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, [[abundantly]]: fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.: arundo recisa fecundius resurgit, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163: cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino, id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.
|lshtext=<b>fēcundus</b>: ([[sometimes]] [[erroneously]] foecund-and faecund-, [[but]] v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. from ‡ feo, [[whence]] also [[fetus]], [[femina]], [[fenus]], etc., cf. [[felix]],<br /><b>I</b> [[fruitful]], [[fertile]] (of plants and animals).—Constr. [[with]] abl., gen., or absol. ([[with]] gen. [[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus [[fit]] [[multo]] [[terra]] fecundior, Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2: glebae, Lucr. 1, 211: [[solum]], Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1: salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi, Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.: [[regio]] fecunda fruticis exigui, Col. 9, 4, 2: [[tellus]] metallorum, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; for [[which]]: [[Amathus]] metallis, Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.: [[mons]] silvae [[frequens]] fecundusque, Tac. A. 4, 65: segetes fecundae et uberes, id. Or. 15, 48: [[nihil]] ocimo fecundius, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120: uxores, Lucr. 4, 1254: conjux, Hor. S. 2, 5, 31: [[lepus]], id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.: [[sue]] ... [[nihil]] genuit [[natura]] fecundius, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rich, [[abundant]], abounding in [[any]] [[thing]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf. [[fons]], i. e. [[copious]], Ov. M. 14, 791: legere fecundis collibus herbas, plentifuliy furnished, [[thickly]] [[studded]], id. ib. 14, 347: fecundissima [[gens]], [[rich]] in [[agricultural]] products, Plin. [[Pan]]. 31, 6: ([[specus]]) Uberibus [[fecundus]] aquis, Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.: fecunda melle [[Calymne]], id. ib. 8, 222: viscera (Tityi) poenis, i. e. [[constantly]] renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598: Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens, Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41: nigris [[Meroe]] fecunda colonis, Luc. 10, 303: [[cingula]] monstris, Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.: Aemilium [[genus]] fecundum bonorum civium, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Making [[fruitful]], fertilizing ([[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[imber]], Verg. G. 2, 325; cf. [[Nilus]], Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54: excipe fecundae [[patienter]] verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows [[with]] a [[thong]] of [[skin]] given to women by the luperci, and [[which]] were supposed to [[promote]] [[fruitfulness]], Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and: [[quam]] (Danaën) implevit [[fecundo]] [[Juppiter]] [[auro]], Ov. M. 4, 698.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[fruitful]], [[fertile]], [[prolific]], [[abundant]] ([[class]].): [[pectus]], Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338: [[artifex]], Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71: a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum [[alia]] praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse, Cic. Or. 4, 15: duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, [[quod]] declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est [[lego]], legis, legam, sic [[alia]]: alterum [[genus]] [[sterile]], [[quod]] ex se parit [[nihil]], ut est [[etiam]], vix, [[cras]], etc., Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.: [[amor]] et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70: fecunda culpae saecula, Hor. C. 3, 6, 17: veri [[sacerdos]], Sil. 13, 490: fecundum in fraudes hominum [[genus]], id. 2, 498: [[vester]] [[porro]] [[labor]] fecundior, historiarum scriptores? Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, [[abundantly]]: fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.: arundo recisa fecundius resurgit, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163: cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino, id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.
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|georg=fēcundus, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (zu fētus), [[fruchtbar]], I) [[fruchtbar]] = [[fruchttragend]], [[ergiebig]], [[von]] der [[Erde]] u. v. Geschöpfen, A) eig. u. bildl.: 1) eig.: [[seges]], Cic.: [[uxor]], Lucr.: [[virgo]] (Ggstz. [[sterilis]]), Sen.: [[coniunx]], Hor.: [[uxor]] [[nimium]] fecunda, Sen. rhet.: [[lepus]], [[trächtig]], Hor.: [[terra]] fecundior, Cic. – [[mit]] obj. Genet., [[tellus]] metallorum fecunda, Plin.: [[provincia]] annonae fecunda, Tac. – m. Dat. Gerund., [[terra]] [[alte]] effossa generandis alendisque seminibus ferecundior fit, Quint. – m. Abl., duplici fecunda consule [[mater]], Claud. Prob. et Ol. cons. 203: [[Hispania]] principibus fecunda piis, Claud. laud. Ser. 55. – m. in u. Akk., [[Hispania]] in [[omnia]] frugum genera fecunda, [[fruchtbar]] an Fr. [[aller]] [[Art]], Iustin. 44, 1, 4. – 2) bildl., [[fruchtbar]], [[ergiebig]], [[reich]], [[Pericles]], Cic.: [[ingenium]], Plin.: [[ars]] fecundissima, Plin.: acerrima et fecundissima eorum studia, Tac. dial. – m. obj. Genet., [[deterrimus]] [[quisque]], quorum [[non]] [[alia]] [[regia]] fecundior exstitit, Tac.: saecula fecunda culpae, Hor. – m. Abl., [[amor]] et melle et fellest fecundissimus, Plaut. cist. 69: [[gens]] [[inter]] accolas latrociniis fecunda, [[häufig]] Raubzüge [[bei]] den Nachbarn [[unternehmend]], Tac. hist. 4, 50. – m. in u. Akk., fecundum in fraudes hominum [[genus]], Sil. 2, 498. – B) übtr., in [[Fülle]] vorhanden, [[reichlich]], [[unerschöpflich]], [[ergiebig]], [[voll]], [[quaestus]], Cic.: calices, [[immer]] volle [[Becher]], Hor.: [[fons]], wasserreiche, Ov.: colles, Ov.: [[herba]] fecundior, Ov.: [[gens]] fecundissima, [[sehr]] [[reich]] an Früchten, Plin. – m. Abl., nigris Meroë fecunda colonis, Lucan.: ([[specus]]) uberibus [[fecundus]] aquis, Ov. – m. obj. Genet., Aemilium [[genus]] fecundum bonorum civium, Tac.: [[haec]] veri fecunda [[sacerdos]], Sil. – II) [[fruchtbar]] = befruchtend, [[Nilus]], Plin.: fecundae verbera dextrae, die die Frauen befruchtenden Riemenschläge der luperci, Ov.
|georg=fēcundus, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (zu fētus), [[fruchtbar]], I) [[fruchtbar]] = [[fruchttragend]], [[ergiebig]], [[von]] der [[Erde]] u. v. Geschöpfen, A) eig. u. bildl.: 1) eig.: [[seges]], Cic.: [[uxor]], Lucr.: [[virgo]] (Ggstz. [[sterilis]]), Sen.: [[coniunx]], Hor.: [[uxor]] [[nimium]] fecunda, Sen. rhet.: [[lepus]], [[trächtig]], Hor.: [[terra]] fecundior, Cic. – [[mit]] obj. Genet., [[tellus]] metallorum fecunda, Plin.: [[provincia]] annonae fecunda, Tac. – m. Dat. Gerund., [[terra]] [[alte]] effossa generandis alendisque seminibus ferecundior fit, Quint. – m. Abl., duplici fecunda consule [[mater]], Claud. Prob. et Ol. cons. 203: [[Hispania]] principibus fecunda piis, Claud. laud. Ser. 55. – m. in u. Akk., [[Hispania]] in [[omnia]] frugum genera fecunda, [[fruchtbar]] an Fr. [[aller]] [[Art]], Iustin. 44, 1, 4. – 2) bildl., [[fruchtbar]], [[ergiebig]], [[reich]], [[Pericles]], Cic.: [[ingenium]], Plin.: [[ars]] fecundissima, Plin.: acerrima et fecundissima eorum studia, Tac. dial. – m. obj. Genet., [[deterrimus]] [[quisque]], quorum [[non]] [[alia]] [[regia]] fecundior exstitit, Tac.: saecula fecunda culpae, Hor. – m. Abl., [[amor]] et melle et fellest fecundissimus, Plaut. cist. 69: [[gens]] [[inter]] accolas latrociniis fecunda, [[häufig]] Raubzüge [[bei]] den Nachbarn [[unternehmend]], Tac. hist. 4, 50. – m. in u. Akk., fecundum in fraudes hominum [[genus]], Sil. 2, 498. – B) übtr., in [[Fülle]] vorhanden, [[reichlich]], [[unerschöpflich]], [[ergiebig]], [[voll]], [[quaestus]], Cic.: calices, [[immer]] volle [[Becher]], Hor.: [[fons]], wasserreiche, Ov.: colles, Ov.: [[herba]] fecundior, Ov.: [[gens]] fecundissima, [[sehr]] [[reich]] an Früchten, Plin. – m. Abl., nigris Meroë fecunda colonis, Lucan.: ([[specus]]) uberibus [[fecundus]] aquis, Ov. – m. obj. Genet., Aemilium [[genus]] fecundum bonorum civium, Tac.: [[haec]] veri fecunda [[sacerdos]], Sil. – II) [[fruchtbar]] = befruchtend, [[Nilus]], Plin.: fecundae verbera dextrae, die die Frauen befruchtenden Riemenschläge der luperci, Ov.
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Latin > English

fecundus fecunda -um, fecundior -or -us, fecundissimus -a -um ADJ :: fertile, fruitful; productive (of offspring), prolific; abundant; imaginative

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fēcundus: (sometimes erroneously foecund-and faecund-, but v. Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 12 fin., and ap. Non. 54, 8), a, um, adj. from ‡ feo, whence also fetus, femina, fenus, etc., cf. felix,
I fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals).—Constr. with abl., gen., or absol. (with gen. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit. (class.): fossiones agri repastinationesque, quibus fit multo terra fecundior, Cic. de Sen. 15, 53; cf. Verg. G. 1, 67; Quint. 10, 3, 2: glebae, Lucr. 1, 211: solum, Quint. 2, 19, 2: cf. Just. 2, 1: salices viminibus, frondibus ulmi, Verg. G. 2, 446.—With gen.: regio fecunda fruticis exigui, Col. 9, 4, 2: tellus metallorum, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 78; for which: Amathus metallis, Ov. M. 10, 220 Bach. N. cr.: mons silvae frequens fecundusque, Tac. A. 4, 65: segetes fecundae et uberes, id. Or. 15, 48: nihil ocimo fecundius, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 120: uxores, Lucr. 4, 1254: conjux, Hor. S. 2, 5, 31: lepus, id. ib. 2, 4, 44; cf.: sue ... nihil genuit natura fecundius, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 160.—
   B Transf.
   1    Rich, abundant, abounding in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 19; cf. fons, i. e. copious, Ov. M. 14, 791: legere fecundis collibus herbas, plentifuliy furnished, thickly studded, id. ib. 14, 347: fecundissima gens, rich in agricultural products, Plin. Pan. 31, 6: (specus) Uberibus fecundus aquis, Ov. M. 3, 31; cf.: fecunda melle Calymne, id. ib. 8, 222: viscera (Tityi) poenis, i. e. constantly renewed, Verg. A. 6, 598: Echidna, fecunda poenis viscera trahens, Ambros. in Tob. 12, 41: nigris Meroe fecunda colonis, Luc. 10, 303: cingula monstris, Val. Fl. 6, 470.— With gen.: Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin.—
   2    Making fruitful, fertilizing (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): imber, Verg. G. 2, 325; cf. Nilus, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54: excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae, i. e. the blows with a thong of skin given to women by the luperci, and which were supposed to promote fruitfulness, Ov. F. 2, 427; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 343; and: quam (Danaën) implevit fecundo Juppiter auro, Ov. M. 4, 698.—
II Trop., fruitful, fertile, prolific, abundant (class.): pectus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 13, 22; Verg. A. 7, 338: artifex, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 71: a quo (Anaxagora) eum (Periclem), cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse, uberem et fecundum fuisse, Cic. Or. 4, 15: duo genera verborum: unum fecundum, quod declinando multas ex se parit dispariles formas, ut est lego, legis, legam, sic alia: alterum genus sterile, quod ex se parit nihil, ut est etiam, vix, cras, etc., Varr. L. L. 8, § 9 Müll.: amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 70: fecunda culpae saecula, Hor. C. 3, 6, 17: veri sacerdos, Sil. 13, 490: fecundum in fraudes hominum genus, id. 2, 498: vester porro labor fecundior, historiarum scriptores? Juv. 7, 98.—Hence, fēcundē, adv., fruitfully, abundantly: fecundius poëmata ferrent fructum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 2 Müll.: arundo recisa fecundius resurgit, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 163: cantharides nascuntur fecundissime in fraxino, id. 29, 4, 30, § 94.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fēcundus,¹⁰ a, um,
1 fécond, fertile : fit terra fecundior Cic. CM 53, la terre devient plus fertile ; sue nihil fecundius Cic. Nat. 2, 160, rien de plus fécond que la truie || [avec gén.] tellus metallorum fecunda Plin. 33, 78, sol abondant en minerais ; [avec in acc.] Just. 44, 1, 4
2 [fig.] riche, fécond : [en parl. d’un orateur] Cic. Or. 15 || [avec abl.] : amor et melle et fellest fecundissimus Pl. Cist. 69, l’amour surabonde et de miel et de fiel, cf. Tac. H. 1, 51 ; 2, 92 ; 4, 50 || [avec gén.] : fecunda culpæ sæcula Hor. O. 3, 6, 17, siècle fécond en crimes, cf. Tac. Ann. 4, 65 ; 6, 27, etc. ; [avec in acc.] Sil. 2, 498
3 abondant : quæstus fecundus Cic. Har. 42, gain abondant ; segetes fecundæ Cic. Or. 48, moissons abondantes
4 qui fertilise : Nilus Plin. 5, 54, le Nil fécondant ; fecundi imbres Virg. G. 2, 325, pluies fécondes.

Latin > German (Georges)

fēcundus, a, um, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (zu fētus), fruchtbar, I) fruchtbar = fruchttragend, ergiebig, von der Erde u. v. Geschöpfen, A) eig. u. bildl.: 1) eig.: seges, Cic.: uxor, Lucr.: virgo (Ggstz. sterilis), Sen.: coniunx, Hor.: uxor nimium fecunda, Sen. rhet.: lepus, trächtig, Hor.: terra fecundior, Cic. – mit obj. Genet., tellus metallorum fecunda, Plin.: provincia annonae fecunda, Tac. – m. Dat. Gerund., terra alte effossa generandis alendisque seminibus ferecundior fit, Quint. – m. Abl., duplici fecunda consule mater, Claud. Prob. et Ol. cons. 203: Hispania principibus fecunda piis, Claud. laud. Ser. 55. – m. in u. Akk., Hispania in omnia frugum genera fecunda, fruchtbar an Fr. aller Art, Iustin. 44, 1, 4. – 2) bildl., fruchtbar, ergiebig, reich, Pericles, Cic.: ingenium, Plin.: ars fecundissima, Plin.: acerrima et fecundissima eorum studia, Tac. dial. – m. obj. Genet., deterrimus quisque, quorum non alia regia fecundior exstitit, Tac.: saecula fecunda culpae, Hor. – m. Abl., amor et melle et fellest fecundissimus, Plaut. cist. 69: gens inter accolas latrociniis fecunda, häufig Raubzüge bei den Nachbarn unternehmend, Tac. hist. 4, 50. – m. in u. Akk., fecundum in fraudes hominum genus, Sil. 2, 498. – B) übtr., in Fülle vorhanden, reichlich, unerschöpflich, ergiebig, voll, quaestus, Cic.: calices, immer volle Becher, Hor.: fons, wasserreiche, Ov.: colles, Ov.: herba fecundior, Ov.: gens fecundissima, sehr reich an Früchten, Plin. – m. Abl., nigris Meroë fecunda colonis, Lucan.: (specus) uberibus fecundus aquis, Ov. – m. obj. Genet., Aemilium genus fecundum bonorum civium, Tac.: haec veri fecunda sacerdos, Sil. – II) fruchtbar = befruchtend, Nilus, Plin.: fecundae verbera dextrae, die die Frauen befruchtenden Riemenschläge der luperci, Ov.