futilis

futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. [fundo; cf. futis], that easily pours out.

I.

Lit., only subst.: futtĭle, is, n., a water-vessel, broad above and pointed below, used at sacrifices to Vesta and Ceres, Don. Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19; Schol. Stat. Th. 8, 297; Schol. Hor. A. P. 231; Serv. Verg. A. 11, 339.—

II.

Transf., in gen., that can not contain (very rare):

canes,

that void their excrement through fear, Phaedr. 4, 18, 33:

glacies,

brittle, Verg. A. 12, 740.—

B.

Trop., untrustworthy, vain, worthless, futile (class.;

syn.: frivolus, vanus, levis): servon fortunas meas me commisisse futtili!

Ter. And. 3, 5, 3; cf.:

irrideamus haruspices: vanos, futtiles esse dicamus,

Cic. Div. 1, 19, 36; and:

quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles?

id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

locutores (with leves et importuni),

Gell. 1, 15, 1:

auctor,

Verg. A. 11, 339:

competitores,

Gell. 4, 8, 4; Enn. ap. Non. 511, 6 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

futtiles commenticiaeque sententiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18; cf.:

dicit quaedam futtilia et frivola,

Gell. 16, 12, 1:

opes ejus, quae futiles et conruptae sunt,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 20 Dietsch:

alacritas,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

laetitiae,

id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

et caducum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

lingua,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 10:

de causa,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32:

nec futilis ictus,

Sil. 15, 797.— Hence, adv., in vain, idly, uselessly (anteand post-class.).

1.

Form futtĭle: factum futtile, Enn. ap. Non. 514, 14 (Trag. v. 350 Vahl.):

provenisti,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 73 Ritschl.—

2.

Form futtĭlĭter:

blaterata,

App. Mag. p. 275:

futile futtiliter,

Non. 514, 13.