futilitas
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fūtilis (“futile”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fuːˈtɪ.lɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fuˈt̪iː.li.t̪as]
Noun
fūtilitās f (genitive fūtilitātis); third declension
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