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futilis
futilis
Latin
Alternative forms
- futtilis
Adjective
fūtilis m, f (neuter fūtile); third declension
- that easily pours out
- that can not contain
- (figuratively) untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile, frivolous
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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 | fūtilia | |
| ablative | fūtilī | fūtilibus | |||
| vocative | fūtilis | fūtile | fūtilēs | fūtilia | |
References
- futilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “futilis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- futilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016