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Latin
Etymology
From ūtor (“use”) + -ilis. Compare ūtēnsilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ūtilis (neuter ūtile, comparative ūtilior, superlative ūtilissimus or ūtillimus, adverb ūtiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- useful, serviceable, beneficial, profitable, advantageous; helpful.
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.223–224:
- tum mihi post sacrās mōnstrātur Iūnius Īdūs
ūtilis et nūptīs, ūtilis esse virīs.- June, after the sacred Ides, was then shown to me to be beneficial for brides, and beneficial for husbands.
(See June.)
- fit, suitable, adapted, proper.
- Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtēnsilis, aptus, dignus, iūstus, lēgitimus, habilis, salūber, ūtibilis
- Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus, irritus, grātuītus
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “utilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “utilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- utilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.