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“fruitlessly” in Latin
frūstrāin deception, in error; without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothingnēquīquamIn vain, vainly, needlessly, uselessly, fruitlessly, pointlessly; to no purpose or effect, without ground or reasonin cassumin vaincaveōto take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide; to guard against, to cassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking; useless, fruitless, vain, futileCatullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fruitlessly
frustra (without success; with reference to the disappointed person): nequidquam (without effect; with reference to the thing which has come to nothing): incassum (without accomplishing one’s end, mostly when the failure might have been anticipated; casse, used by Liv., 24, 26, and cassum, by Sen., Her., oet., 352, are not usual). (The words are found in this connection and order.) frustra ac nequidquam (Catullus, 75, 1); incassum frustraque. You take pains fruitlessly, operam perdis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fruitlessly?
- The usual Latin words for “fruitlessly” are frūstrā, nēquīquam, in cassum; also caveō, cassus, Catullus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.