utilis
Latin
Etymology
From ūtor (“use”) + -ilis. Compare ūtēnsilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.ti.lis/, [ˈuːt̪ɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ti.lis/, [ˈuːt̪ilis]
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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.- [The month of] June, after the sacred Ides, was then shown to me to be beneficial for brides, and beneficial for husbands.
(See June.)
- [The month of] June, after the sacred Ides, was then shown to me to be beneficial for brides, and beneficial for husbands.
- tum mihi post sacrās mōnstrātur Iūnius Īdūs
- 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
- ūtilitās
- ūtiliter
Descendants
- Catalan: útil
- English: utile, utilize
- French: utile
- Galician: útil
- Italian: utile
- Occitan: util
- Piedmontese: ùtil, ütil
- Portuguese: útil
- Romanian: util
- Spanish: útil
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