futilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• futtilis

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-ti-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”); see also fūtis and fundō. Alternatively, from *fūtō (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ti.lis/, [ˈfuːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ti.lis/, [ˈfuːt̪ilis]

Adjective

fūtilis (neuter fūtile, adverb fūtile or fūtiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that easily pours out
2. that can not contain, leaky
3. (figuratively) untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile, frivolous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	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

• Catalan: fútil
• → English: futile
• French: futile
• Friulian: futil
• Italian: futile
• Piedmontese: fùtil
• Portuguese: fútil
• Romanian: futil
• Sicilian: fùtili
• Spanish: fútil

References

• “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