NECESSITATE, necessitate
Sounds Like: neh-KEH-ssih-TAH-teh
Translations: by necessity, from necessity, with necessity, by force, by compulsion, by need, from need, with need
From the root: NECESSITAS
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the ablative singular form of the feminine noun "necessitas," meaning "necessity," "need," or "compulsion." In Latin, the ablative case often indicates the means, instrument, cause, or manner by which an action is performed. Therefore, "necessitate" typically translates to phrases like "by necessity," "from necessity," or "by compulsion," indicating that something is done out of an unavoidable requirement or force.
Inflection: Singular, Ablative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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.
- NECESSITAS — necessity, need, compulsion, fate, destiny, distress, poverty, urgency, a necessity
- 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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