futtilitas
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fʊtˈtɪ.lɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fut̪ˈt̪iː.li.t̪as]
Noun
futtilitās f (genitive futtilitātis); third declension
- 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.
- haec […] plena sunt futtilitatis summaeque levitatis.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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