adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
necessārius1
necessārius (feminine necessāria, neuter necessārium, comparative necessarior, superlative necessarissimus, adverb necessāriē or necessāriō)
Classical[nɛ.kɛsˈsaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ne.t͡ʃesˈsaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveunavoidable, inevitable
- adjectiveindispensable, requisite
- adjectivenecessary
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Necessarius · Propinquus · Cognatus · Consanguineus · Affinis
1. Necessarius means any one to whom one is bound by a permanent connection, whether of an official kind, as collega, patronus, cliens, or of a private nature, as familiaris, amicus, like προσήκοντες; propinquus, any one to whom one is bound by a family connection, a relation, like ἀγχιστεῖς and ἔται, as a species of cognatus and consanguineus, related by blood; affinis, a relation by marriage, or in law, like κηδεστής. 2. Cognatio is the relationship by blood existing among members of the same family, like σύναιμος; consanguinitas, the relationship of nations by derivation from a common origin, like συγγενής. Cæs. B. G. vii. 32. Hominem summæ potentiæ et magnæ cognationis: comp. with i. 11. Ambarri necessarii et consanguinei Æquorum. Liv. vii. 9. Suet. Cl. 25. Justin, xviii. 5. (v. 179.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | necessārius | necessāria | necessārium |
| genitive | necessāriī | necessāriae | necessāriī |
| dative | necessāriō | necessāriae | necessāriō |
| accusative | necessārium | necessāriam | necessārium |
| ablative | necessāriō | necessāriā | necessāriō |
| vocative | necessārie | necessāria | necessārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | necessāriī | necessāriae | necessāria |
| genitive | necessāriōrum | necessāriārum | necessāriōrum |
| dative | necessāriīs | necessāriīs | necessāriīs |
| accusative | necessāriōs | necessāriās | necessāria |
| ablative | necessāriīs | necessāriīs | necessāriīs |
| vocative | necessāriī | necessāriae | necessāria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- res ad vitam necessariae
- the necessaries of life.
- domus necessariis rebus instructa
- a comfortably-furnished house.
- magnae (graves) necessariae causae
- cogent, decisive reasons.
- res ad victum cultumque necessariae
- things indispensable to a life of comfort.
- necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
- to die a natural death.
nĕcessārĭus, a, um, adj. (
I. comp. necessarior, Tert. Patient. 11; id. Test. Anim. 4 al.) [necesse], unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, needful, requisite, necessary: necessarium ait esse Opilius Aurelius, in quo non sit cessandum, aut sine quo vivi non possit: aut sine quo non bene vivatur: aut quod non possit prohiberi, quin fiat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.
I. Lit.:
necessarius et fatalis, opp. voluntarius, Cic. Phil. 10, 9, 9; cf.: id quod imperatur necessarium; illud, quod permittitur, voluntarium est, id. Inv. 2, 49, 145: necessaria conclusio, id. Top. 16, 60: leges fatales et necessariae, id. Univ. 12: omnia quae sint ad vivendum necessaria, id. Off. 1, 4, 11: senatori necessarium est, nōsse rem publicam, id. Leg. 3, 18, 41.—So without dat., = necesse est: ne tam necessarium quidem est male meritis quam optime referre quod debeas, id. post Red. ad Quir. 9, 22: castra ponere necessarium visum est, Liv. 21, 58, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 37, 3; Gai. Inst. 3, 216: necessariā re coactus, by necessity, Caes. B. C. 1, 40: quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur, time of need or necessity, id. B. G. 1, 16: cum longius necessario procederent, farther than was necessary, too far, id. ib. 7, 16: res magis necessariae, Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 145: res maxime necessaria, id. Fam. 2, 6, 2: necessarior medela, Tert. Patient. 11: necessarior sententia, id. Test. Anim. 4: necessariores operas, id. Cult. Tem. 1, 5; id. Res. Carn. 31: aliquid necessarius, id. Carn. Christ. 7 med.—Subst.: nĕcessā-rĭa, ōrum, n., the necessaries of life: Persae armis positis ad necessaria ex proximo vico ferenda discurrunt, Curt. 5, 12, 6: plebes sic adcensa uti ... sua necessaria post illius honorem ducerent, Sall. J. 73, 6; Front. Strat. 3, 14, 4.—* B. In partic.:
necessariae partes, the private parts, Gai. Inst. 3, § 193.—II. Transf., connected with another by natural or moral ties (of blood, friendship, clientship), belonging, related, connected, bound.
(a). Adj.: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A: victoria hominis necessarii, of a friend, Mat. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2; so,
homo, of a father-in-law, Nep. Dat. 6: ut a latronibus redimeret necessarias mulieri personas, Dig. 24, 3, 21: necessarius heres = suus heres, the natural heir, who was in the potestas of the deceased (opp. to heres extraneus), Gai. Inst. 2, 37; 3, 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1.—(b). Subst.: nĕ-cessārĭus, i, m., a relation, relative, kinsman, connection, friend, client, patron (cf. necessitudo, II.; syn.: familiaris, intimus): necessarii sunt, ut Gallus Aelius ait, qui aut cognati aut affines sunt, in quos necessaria officia conferuntur praeter ceteros, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; necessarius angustus, a very near relative, Fragm. Jur. Civ. p. 86 Mai.:
L. Torquatus meus familiaris ac necessarius, Cic. Sull. 1, 2: in iis necessariis, qui tibi a patre relicti sunt, me tibi esse vel conjunctissimum, id. Fam. 13, 29, 1: nĕcessārĭa, ae, f., a female relative or friend: virgo Vestalis hujus propinqua et necessaria, id. Mur. 35, 73: Cerelliae, necessariae meae, rem commendavi tibi, id. Fam. 13, 72, 1.—Hence, adv. 1. nĕcessārĭē (rare), unavoidably, necessarily:
necessarie demonstrari, Cic. Inv. 1, 29, 44: comparato cibo, Val. Max. 7, 6, 3.—2. nĕcessārĭō (the most usual form):
necessario reviviscere, Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 5: quibuscum vivo necessario, id. ib. 5, 21, 1: quod necessario rem Caesari enuntiārit, Caes. B. G. 1, 17: copias parat, Sall. J. 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 29; 5, 10, 80; Lact. 2, 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
necessārius adj.
necesse, unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, pressing, needful, requisite, necessary, compulsory : conclusio: leges: causa ad proficiscendum, Cs.: locus huic disputationi necessarius de amicitiā, essential : castra ponere necessarium visum est, L.: necessariā re coactus, by necessity , Cs.: tam necessario tempore, time of need , Cs.: longius necessario procedere, too far , Cs.: ut dilucide narremus necessarium est.— Plur n . as subst: ad necessaria ferenda, the necessaries of life , Cu.— Connected by natural ties, belonging, related, connected, bound : homo (a father-in-law), N.—As subst m . and f a relation, relative, kinsman, connection, friend, client, patron : sui, S.: meus familiaris ac necessarius: virgo huius propinqua et necessaria.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *néder. Proto-Indo-European *méh₁ Proto-Indo-European *néh₁der. Proto-Italic *nē Archaic Latin nei Old Latin ne Latin ne- Latin cessus Latin necesse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin necessārius From necesse (“necessary”) + -ārius (“adjective-forming suffix”).
Descendants
- Catalannecessari
- Englishnecessaryfrom Old French necessaire
- Frenchnécessairefrom Old French necessaire
- Italiannecessario
- Portuguesenecessário
- Romaniannecesar
- Spanishnecesario
- Asturiannecesariu
- Haitian Creolenesesèfrom Old French necessaire
- Romanshnecessari