utilitas

Latin

Etymology

ūtilis +‎ -tās

Noun

ūtilitās f (genitive ūtilitātis); third declension

  1. usefulness, utility
  2. expediency
  3. advantage

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ūtilitās ūtilitātēs
Genitive ūtilitātis ūtilitātum
Dative ūtilitātī ūtilitātibus
Accusative ūtilitātem ūtilitātēs
Ablative ūtilitāte ūtilitātibus
Vocative ūtilitās ūtilitātēs

Descendants

References
  • “utilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “utilitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • utilitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • untold advantages arise from a thing: utilitas efflorescit ex aliqua re
    • to be serviceable: utilitatem afferre, praebere
    • to considerably (in no way) further the common good: multum (nihil) ad communem utilitatem afferre
    • to consider one's own advantage in everything: omnia ad suam utilitatem referre
  • utilitas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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