futilis
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-ti-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”); see also fūtis and fundō. Alternatively, from *fūtō (“to strike”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.ti.lis/, [ˈfuːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ti.lis/, [ˈfuːt̪ilis]
Adjective
editfūtilis (neuter fūtile, adverb fūtile or fūtiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- that easily pours out
- that can not contain, leaky
- (figuratively) untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile, frivolous
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | fūtilis | fūtile | fūtilēs | fūtilia | |
Genitive | fūtilis | fūtilium | |||
Dative | fūtilī | fūtilibus | |||
Accusative | fūtilem | fūtile | fūtilēs fūtilīs |
fūtilia | |
Ablative | fūtilī | fūtilibus | |||
Vocative | fūtilis | fūtile | fūtilēs | fūtilia |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “futtĭlis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- futilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- futilis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253