need (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lack of any particular thing or things1. ŏpus, indecl. (as subs. with esse, foll. by abl. of thing needed; as adj. used predicatively after esse)2. ūsus, ūs (with esse, venire; the thing needed in abl.3. expr. by nĕcesse, nĕcessārius (implying more than need; absolute indispensableness)II. Reason or occasion for doing something; esp. in phr., there is no need, you have no need to do this or thatIII. State of indigence1. nĕcessĭtūdo2. ĭnŏpia, ĕgestas • need (subs.): I. Lack of any particular thing or things: 1. ŏpus, indecl. (as subs. with esse, foll. by abl. of thing needed; as adj. used predicatively after esse): we have n. of a man and a governor, viro et gubernatore opus est, Liv. 24, 8, med.: cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 6, dux nobis et auctor opus est (showing that the two constrr. are precisely identical in meaning): very oft. with abl. of perf. part.: there is n. of prompt action, opus mature facto est, Sall. Cat. 1, extr. Less freq. with gen.: Liv. 22, 51, med. (ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse), etc. What n. is there, quid opus est (with inf.)? Cic. Att. 7, 8, init. 2. ūsus, ūs (with esse, venire; the thing needed in abl.: infreq.): the ships which the consul had no n. of, naves quibus consuli u. non esset, Liv. 30, 41, fin.: Pl.: Virg.: in case of n., si quando u. esset, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92 (but Cic. does not use the abl. after usus). 3. expr. by nĕcesse, nĕcessārius (implying more than need; absolute indispensableness): v. necessary. See also to need. II. Reason or occasion for doing something; esp. in phr., there is no need, you have no need to do this or that: there is no n. for me to say what I think about him, de quo quid sentiam nihil attinet dicere, Cic. Fam. 4, 8, med.: you have no n. to dread my coming, nihil est, quod adventum nostrum extimescas, id. Fam. 9, 26, extr.: you had no n. to take so much trouble, non fuit causa cur tantum laborem caperes, id. R. Com. 16, extr. III. State of indigence: 1. nĕcessĭtūdo: those who were suffering from the greatest n., quibus n. maxima, Sall. Cat. 17. 2. ĭnŏpia, ĕgestas: v. want, destitution. Those who are in n., egentes: Cic. Am. 7, 23: Ter.
need (v.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by ŏpus, indecl., either as subs. or adj.2. ĕgeo, ui, 2 (with abl., less freq. gen.)3. rĕquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3 (to look for as needful; to require)4. sometimes expr. by gen. with verb esse (gen. of quality or description) • need (v.): 1. expr. by ŏpus, indecl., either as subs. or adj.: v. preced. art. (I.). 2. ĕgeo, ui, 2 (with abl., less freq. gen.): when we do not n. (require) the eyes (in sleep), quum oculis non egemus, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143: to n. help, auxilii e., Caes. B. G. 6, 11: to n. a doctor, a keeper, medici, curatoris e., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 102. In same sense, indĭgeo, ui, 2 (usu. foll. by gen.; less freq. by abl.): I n. your counsel, tui consilii indigeo, Cic. Att. 12, 35: to n. medicine, medicina ind., Nep. Att. 21, med. 3. rĕquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3 (to look for as needful; to require): Caes.: Cic.: v. to require. 4. sometimes expr. by gen. with verb esse (gen. of quality or description): the work n.s great industry and perseverance, magni opus est laboris; magnae perseverantiae: cf. L. G. § 274. Phr.: you n. not (do this or that), non est quod, nihil est quod ...: v. preced. art. (II.).
NEED Copy link • NEED 1. s. necessitas: necessitudo: opus, usus [SYN. and PHR. in NECESSITY]: desiderium (with desire): to feel the need of a thing, aliqua re or alicujus rei indigere (to have need of): aliquid desiderare (to be unwilling to be without). 2. v. TRANS., To be in want of, egere aliqua re, more rarely alicujus rei (to have need of anything, be in want of it): indigere aliqua re or alicujus rei (to feel the need or want of anything): opus or usus est aliqua re (there is neuter of a thing, circumstances make a thing necessary. ☞ For this only Col., 9, 2, 1, has opus habeo aliqua re): desiderare aliquid (to desire anything absent, to be unwilling to be without it): requirere aliquid (to find a thing requisite or necessary): not to need anything, to be able to do without it, aliqua re carere, facile supersedere posse. INTRANS., to have occasion to, is usually rendered in Latin by est, quod; opposed to non est, cur; nihil est, nihil habeo, quod, followed by a subjunctive; e.g., you need not fear, nihil est, quod extimescas; nihil habes, quod timeas: they need not diminish their hope, non est, cur spes eorum infringatur.