futilitas

Latin

Alternative forms

futtilitās

Etymology

From fūtilis (“futile”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fuːˈti.li.taːs/, [fuːˈt̪ɪlʲɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈti.li.tas/, [fuˈt̪iːlit̪äs]

Noun

fūtilitās f (genitive fūtilitātis); third declension

worthlessness, futility

Usage notes

Not attested in this spelling in Classical Latin.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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