futilitas

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fūtilis (futile) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

fūtilitās f (genitive fūtilitātis); third declension

  1. worthlessness, futility

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