verb intransitive

stĕrĭlesco

2nd PP stĕrĭlescĕre · conj. 3rd

[sterilis]

to grow unfruitful; barren; sterile

to grow unfruitful, barren, or sterile.

leaenae, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: caprae pinguitudine, id. 8, 50, 76, § 200:… literal ••

Lit.: leaenae, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: caprae pinguitudine, id. 8, 50, 76, § 200: amygdalae, id. 17, 10, 11, § 63: mamma (suis), id. 11, 40, 95, § 234.—*

gaudia, Val. Cato, Dir. 9. figuratively

Trop.: gaudia, Val. Cato, Dir. 9.

Perseus ID: n45359 Key: sterilesco