futilis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === futtilis === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-ti-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”); see also fūtis and fundō. Alternatively, from *fūtō (“to strike”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.tɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.ti.lis] === Adjective === fūtilis (neuter fūtile, adverb fūtile or fūtiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective that easily pours out that can not contain, leaky (figuratively) untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile, frivolous ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “futtĭlis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “futilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. futilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016