Lewis & Short

stĕrĭlesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [sterilis], to grow unfruitful, barren, or sterile.

  1. I. 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.
  2. * II. Trop.: gaudia, Val. Cato, Dir. 9.