futtilitas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /futˈti.li.taːs/, [fʊt̪ˈt̪ɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /futˈti.li.tas/, [fut̪ˈt̪iːlit̪äs]

Noun

futtilitās f (genitive futtilitātis); third declension

1. Alternative form of fūtilitās (“futility”)
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.70:

     haec […] plena sunt futtilitatis summaeque levitatis.

     These [sc. stories] are full of the utmost worthlessness and superficialness.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	futtilitās	futtilitātēs
Genitive	futtilitātis	futtilitātum
Dative	futtilitātī	futtilitātibus
Accusative	futtilitātem	futtilitātēs
Ablative	futtilitāte	futtilitātibus
Vocative	futtilitās	futtilitātēs

References

• “futtilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “futtilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers