nĕcessārĭus — Lewis & Short
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.