futilitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• futtilitās

Etymology

From fūtilis (“futile”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈti.li.taːs/, [fuːˈt̪ɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈti.li.tas/, [fuˈt̪iːlit̪äs]

Noun

fūtilitās f (genitive fūtilitātis); third declension

1. worthlessness, futility

Usage notes

Not attested in this spelling in Classical Latin.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fūtilitās	fūtilitātēs
genitive	fūtilitātis	fūtilitātum
dative	fūtilitātī	fūtilitātibus
accusative	fūtilitātem	fūtilitātēs
ablative	fūtilitāte	fūtilitātibus
vocative	fūtilitās	fūtilitātēs

References

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