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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.26.70
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 18
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.111
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.18
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.57
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.10.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.10.15
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