NECESSITAS, necessitas
Sounds Like: neh-KESS-ih-tahs
Translations: necessity, need, compulsion, fate, destiny, distress, poverty, urgency, a necessity
From the root: NECESSITAS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This Latin noun refers to a state of being necessary, unavoidable, or compelled. It can denote an obligation, a requirement, or an inherent quality that makes something indispensable. In some contexts, it can also signify a difficult or pressing situation, such as distress or poverty, or even the concept of fate or destiny.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, NECESSITAS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- NECESSITATE — by necessity, from necessity, with necessity, by force, by compulsion, by need, from need, with need
- NECESSITATEM — necessity, a necessity, need, a need, compulsion, a compulsion, distress, a distress, fate, a fate
- NECESSITATIS — of necessity, of need, of compulsion, of distress, of want
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