infecundus

in-fēcundus, a, um, adj.,

• 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.

īn-fēcundus, a, um, unfruchtbar, regio, litora, Mela: sponte suā quae se tollunt in luminis oras, infecunda quidem, sed laeta et fortia surgunt, Verg.: infecundior materia, Colum. 2, 4, 7, annus, Prud. c. Symm. 2, 955. – m. Abl. (an usw.), ager arbore infecundus, Sall. Iug. 17, 5. – bildl., (ingenii) fons, Ov. trist. 3, 14, 34.

infecundus [CL] , infertile, unfruitful: a (of person); b (w. ref. to plant); c (of land); d (of abstr. or fig.). a senes ac diu ~i parentes dono nobilissimae prolis exultant Bede Hom. II 20. 210; infecunda igitur mea est natura, / nec ad actum germinis multum valitura Ripley 422.  b foliorum ‥ ~a viriditas Aldh. VirgP 9.  c pervenit qua nil steriles nisi gignit harenas / infecunda soli species prope litora ponti Alcuin WillV 16. 4; limus humum ~am uberem facit et fertilem W. Dan. Sent. 86; terra saxosa, sterilis, et ~a Gir. IK II 1.  d infructuosa et ~a sterilitate marcescens Aldh. VirgP 15; sancte Judith castitas singularis, que inter regias dapes et ~os calices Holofernis nec laedi potuit nec tentari Ailr. Ed. Conf. 747B; mox infecundi verbum parit orbita mundi R. Cant. Poems 288. 11.

īnfēcundus, (15) a, um, infécond, stérile : Sall. J. 17, 5 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 34 || -dior Col. Rust. 3, 4, 7.

īn-fēcundus adj.,

• unfruitful: ager arbore, S.: Sponte suā quae se tollunt . . . Infecunda, V.