Latin

Adjective

necessārius m ‎(feminine necessāria, neuter necessārium); first/second declension

1. unavoidable, inevitable
2. indispensable, requisite

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: necessarior, superlative: necessarissimus

Synonyms

• necesse

Antonyms

• superfluus
• supervacāneus
• supervacuus

Derived terms

• necessāria
• necessāriē

Related terms

• necessarium
• necessitās
• necessitūdō

Descendants

• French: nécessaire
• Italian: necessario

Etymology 2

From necesse ‎(“necessary”) +‎ -ārius ‎(“-er, agent noun suffix”).

Noun

necessārius m ‎(genitive necessāriī); second declension

1. friend
2. kinsman
3. patron

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• necessarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• necessarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NECESSARIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “necessarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
    
  • a comfortably-furnished house: domus necessariis rebus instructa
    
  • the necessaries of life: res ad vitam necessariae
    
  • things indispensable to a life of comfort: res ad victum cultumque necessariae
    
  • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: necessaria (opp. voluntaria) morte mori
    
• necessarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016