futilitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fūtilis (“futile”) +‎ -tās.

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

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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