necessitas
See also: nécessitas
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neˈkes.si.taːs/, [nɛˈkɛs̠ːɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈt͡ʃes.si.tas/, [neˈt͡ʃɛsːit̪äs]
Noun
necessitās f (genitive necessitātis); third declension
- necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
- (figuratively) fate, destiny
- (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | necessitās | necessitātēs |
| Genitive | necessitātis | necessitātum |
| Dative | necessitātī | necessitātibus |
| Accusative | necessitātem | necessitātēs |
| Ablative | necessitāte | necessitātibus |
| Vocative | necessitās | necessitātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: necesidá
- Catalan: necessitat
- Italian: necessità
- Old French: necessite
- Galician: necesidade
- Italian: necessità
- Portuguese: necessidade
- Romanian: necesitate
- Spanish: necesidad
References
- “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
Verb
necessitas