fertus — Lewis & Short
fertus, a, um, adj.fero; cf. fertilis,
I fertile, productive:
pini,Avien. Or. Mar. 556; id. Descr. Orb. 1205. (In Cic. Or. 49, 163, and Lucr. 6, 258, recent edd. read effertus, ex. conj. Lachm.)