satisfacio

Latin

Etymology

satis (“enough, sufficient”) +‎ faciō (“to make, construct”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.tisˈfa.ki.oː/, [s̠ät̪ɪfˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.tisˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [sät̪isˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

satisfaciō (present infinitive satisfacere, perfect active satisfēcī, supine satisfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. to satisfy, content
2. to secure, pay off
3. to apologize, make amends

Conjugation

Conjugation of satisfaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	satisfaciō	satisfacis	satisfacit	satisfacimus	satisfacitis	satisfaciunt
	imperfect	satisfaciēbam	satisfaciēbās	satisfaciēbat	satisfaciēbāmus	satisfaciēbātis	satisfaciēbant
	future	satisfaciam	satisfaciēs	satisfaciet	satisfaciēmus	satisfaciētis	satisfacient
	perfect	satisfēcī	satisfēcistī	satisfēcit	satisfēcimus	satisfēcistis	satisfēcērunt, satisfēcēre
	pluperfect	satisfēceram	satisfēcerās	satisfēcerat	satisfēcerāmus	satisfēcerātis	satisfēcerant
	future perfect	satisfēcerō	satisfēceris	satisfēcerit	satisfēcerimus	satisfēceritis	satisfēcerint
passive	present	satisfīō	satisfīs	satisfit	satisfīmus	satisfītis	satisfīunt
	imperfect	satisfīēbam	satisfīēbās	satisfīēbat	satisfīēbāmus	satisfīēbātis	satisfīēbant
	future	satisfīam	satisfīēs	satisfīet	satisfīēmus	satisfīētis	satisfīent
	perfect	satisfactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	satisfactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	satisfactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	satisfaciam	satisfaciās	satisfaciat	satisfaciāmus	satisfaciātis	satisfaciant
	imperfect	satisfacerem	satisfacerēs	satisfaceret	satisfacerēmus	satisfacerētis	satisfacerent
	perfect	satisfēcerim	satisfēcerīs	satisfēcerit	satisfēcerīmus	satisfēcerītis	satisfēcerint
	pluperfect	satisfēcissem	satisfēcissēs	satisfēcisset	satisfēcissēmus	satisfēcissētis	satisfēcissent
passive	present	satisfīam	satisfīās	satisfīat	satisfīāmus	satisfīātis	satisfīant
	imperfect	satisfierem	satisfierēs	satisfieret	satisfierēmus	satisfierētis	satisfierent
	perfect	satisfactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	satisfactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	satisface	—	—	satisfacite	—
	future	—	satisfacitō	satisfacitō	—	satisfacitōte	satisfaciuntō
passive	present	—	satisfī	—	—	satisfīte	—
	future	—	satisfītō	satisfītō	—	satisfītōte	satisfīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		satisfacere	satisfēcisse	satisfactūrum esse	satisfierī	satisfactum esse	satisfactum īrī
participles		satisfaciēns	—	satisfactūrus	—	satisfactus	satisfaciendus, satisfaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		satisfaciendī	satisfaciendō	satisfaciendum	satisfaciendō	satisfactum	satisfactū

Derived terms

• satisfactiō

Descendants

• Italian: soddisfare
  • →? Friulian: sodisfâ
  • →? Piedmontese: sodisfé
• → Catalan: satisfer
• → English: satisfy
• → French: satisfaire
• → Galician: satisfacer
• → Italian: satisfare
• → Portuguese: satisfazer
• → Romanian: satisface
• → Sicilian: satisfari
• → Spanish: satisfacer

References

• “satisfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “satisfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• satisfacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
    
  • to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
    
  • to respond to expectations: exspectationi satisfacere, respondere
    
  • to give some one satisfaction for an injury: satisfacere alicui pro (de) iniuriis
    
  • to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)