satis

See also: ŝatis

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Verb

satis

1. past of sati

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tis/, [ˈs̠ät̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tis/, [ˈsäːt̪is]

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Adjective

satis (indeclinable)

1. enough, filled, plenty

Adverb

satis (not comparable)

1. adequately, sufficiently

Derived terms

• satagō
• satisne, satine, satin
• sat agō, satis agō, satagō
• satis faciō, satisfaciō
• satietās

• satiō
• satispassiō (Mediaeval Latin, theology)
• satius
• satur

Descendants

• French: assez
• Italian: assai

• Portuguese: assaz
• Romanian: saț
• Spanish: asaz

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’s 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