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. 609; Ter. Phorm. 746; 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. 609; 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, Ap. Mag. p. 275: futile futtiliter, Non. 514, 13.