inutilis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word inutilis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word inutilis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say inutilis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word inutilis you have here. The definition of the word inutilis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofinutilis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ ūtilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inūtilis (neuter inūtile, adverb inūtiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. useless, unserviceable, unprofitable
    Synonyms: incommodus, ineptus, grātuītus, irritus
    Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis
  2. hurtful, injurious
  3. (law) void, null, invalid, without any legal use
    • Gai. Inst. III.100
      Denique inutilis est talis stipulatio, si quis ita dari stipuletur: «post mortem meam dari spondes?» vel ita: «post mortem tuam dari spondes?» Valet autem, si quis ita dari stipuletur: «cum moriar, dari spondes?» vel ita: «cum morieris, dari spondes?», id est, ut in novissimum vitae tempus stipulatoris aut promissoris obligatio conferatur: nam inelegans esse visum est ab heredis persona incipere obligationem. Rursum ita stipulari non possumus: «pridie quam moriar», aut«pridie quam morieris, dari spondes?» quia non potest aliter intellegi «pridie quam aliquis morietur», quam si mors secuta sit; rursus morte secuta in praeteritum reducitur stipulatio et quodam modo talis est: «heredi meo, dari spondes?» quae sane inutilis est.
      Lastly such a stipulation is ineffective if somebody says: “Do you pledge that after my death there will be given?” or so: “Do you pledge that after your death there will be given?” But it is valid when somebody stipulates so that there will be given: “When I die, will there be given?” or so: “When you die, will there be given?”, that is, that the obligation is put to the latest life time of the stipulator or promiser. For it has been deemed unfine if an obligation beings from the person of an heir. In turn we cannot stipulate like this: “The day before I die”, or ”the day before you die, will there be given?” for one cannot understand “the day before someone dies” before death has followed; in turn when death has followed the stipulation is rolled back and means in some wise: “Do you pledge that to my heir there will be given?” which is forsooth void.
    • Dig. XLV.I.61 Iulianus libro secundo ad Urseium Ferocem
      Stipulatio hoc modo concepta: «si heredem me non feceris, tantum dare spondes?» inutilis est, quia contra bonos mores est haec stipulatio.
      A stipulation held in such a wise: “Do you promise me that if you do not make me an heir you give me that much?” is void, because it is against the good mores.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative inūtilis inūtile inūtilēs inūtilia
Genitive inūtilis inūtilium
Dative inūtilī inūtilibus
Accusative inūtilem inūtile inūtilēs
inūtilīs
inūtilia
Ablative inūtilī inūtilibus
Vocative inūtilis inūtile inūtilēs inūtilia

References

  • inutilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inutilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inutilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inutilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles