necessitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From necesse +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛˈkɛs.sɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [neˈt͡ʃɛs.si.tas] === Noun === necessitās f (genitive necessitātis); third declension necessity, need, unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, inopia, indigentia, ūsus, opus (figuratively) fate, destiny, inevitability Synonyms: fātum, sors, fortūna (in the plural) necessities, necessary things or expenses Synonym: utensilia ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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 second-person singular present indicative of necessitar