necessitas
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neˈkes.si.taːs/, [nɛˈkɛs̠ːɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈt͡ʃes.si.tas/, [neˈt͡ʃɛsːit̪äs]
Noun
editnecessitās f (genitive necessitātis); third declension
- necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency
- Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus
- (figuratively) fate, destiny, inevitability
- (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses
- Synonym: utensilia
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | necessitās | necessitātēs |
| genitive | necessitātis | necessitātum |
| dative | necessitātī | necessitātibus |
| accusative | necessitātem | necessitātēs |
| ablative | necessitāte | necessitātibus |
| vocative | necessitās | necessitātēs |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Asturian: necesidá
- Catalan: necessitat
- Italian: necessità
- Old French: necessite
- Friulian: necessitât
- Galician: necesidade
- Italian: necessità
- Piedmontese: necessità
- Portuguese: necessidade
- Romanian: necesitate
- Old Spanish: necessidad
- Spanish: necesidad
- Sicilian: nicissità
References
edit- “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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