satis

See also: Satis, satış, and ŝatis

English

Etymology

Clipping of satisfy. Enhanced by ancestral Latin satis.

Adjective

satis (comparative more satis, superlative most satis)

(colloquial) Clipping of satisfied.

Verb

satis

(ambitransitive, colloquial) Clipping of satisfy.

Anagrams

Stais, Stasi, Tassi, Tissa, Tsais, saist, sista, tasis

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsatis/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -atis
Syllabification: sa‧tis

Verb

satis

past of sati

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂tis (“satiation, satisfaction”), from *seh₂- (“to satiate, be satisfied”). Cognates include Sanskrit असिन्व (asinvá, “insatiable”), Ancient Greek ἄω (áō, “to satiate”) and Old English sæd (“full, sated”) (English sad).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.tɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.tis]

Adjective

satis (indeclinable)

adequate, enough, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient
filled, satisfied

Adverb

satis (not comparable)

adequately, sufficiently, satisfactorily, amply
Synonyms: sat, affatim

Antonym: parum

Usage notes

In business texts, satis may refer to sufficient bail or security, that is, a guarantee. Example:

81 BCE, Cicero, Pro Quinctio 13:

si veretur ut res iudicio facto parata sit, iudicatum solvi satis accipiat

If he is afraid that, after the decision has been given in his favour, the money will not be forthcoming, let him accept security for the payment

The forms with dō and its derivatives may also be written as one word (satisdō etc.)

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ Medieval Latin: ad satis (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *satius (noun)
- Italian: sazio
- Romanian: saț

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.tiːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.tis]

Participle

satīs

dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of satus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsa.tiːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.tis]

Noun

satīs

dative/ablative plural of sata

References

“satis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“satis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"satis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“satis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- after a fairly long interval: satis longo intervallo
- I am losing my eyesight and getting deaf: neque auribus neque oculis satis consto
- I am content to..: satis habeo, satis mihi est c. Inf.
- to take only enough food to support life: tantum cibi et potionis adhibere quantum satis est
- so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

Portuguese

Noun

satis m

plural of sati