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futtĭlis (less correctly fūtĭlis , Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 204), e, adj. fundo; cf. futis,
I.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.
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    • Plautus, Stichus, 2.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.339
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.740
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 231
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.32
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.7.14
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.11
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.8
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.19
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.17
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.12.1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.8.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.15.1
    • Statius, Thebias, 8
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