utilis

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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

  1. 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.)
  2. 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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative ūtilis ūtile ūtilēs ūtilia
Genitive ūtilis ūtilium
Dative ūtilī ūtilibus
Accusative ūtilem ūtile ūtilēs
ūtilīs
ūtilia
Ablative ūtilī ūtilibus
Vocative ūtilis ūtile ūtilēs ūtilia

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.