satiust

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ti.ust/, [ˈs̠ät̪iʊs̠t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsat.t͡si.ust/, [ˈsät̪ː͡s̪iust̪]

Adverb

satiust

1. (Old Latin) Alternative form of satius est (it is better)
   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 4.1.9-10:

     nam me, quam illam quaestionem inquisitam hodie amittere,
     mortuom satiust

     • Translation by Henry Thomas Riley

       For it were better that I was dead, than that I this day should leave this enquiry incomplete