necessitas

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See also: Necessitas and nécessitas

Latin

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Etymology

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From necesse +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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necessitās f (genitive necessitātis); third declension

  1. necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
    Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus
  2. (figuratively) fate, destiny, inevitability
    Synonyms: fātum, sors, fortūna
  3. (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses
    Synonym: utensilia

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative necessitās necessitātēs
Genitive necessitātis necessitātum
Dative necessitātī necessitātibus
Accusative necessitātem necessitātēs
Ablative necessitāte necessitātibus
Vocative necessitās necessitātēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • necessitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • necessitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • necessitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • necessitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • necessitas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

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Verb

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necessitas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of necessitar