futilis
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably 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
[edit]fūtilis (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
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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
[edit]References
[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