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Verb

satis

1. past of sati

Latin

Etymology

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) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tis/

Adjective

satis

1. enough, filled, plenty

Adverb

satis ‎(not comparable)

1. adequately, sufficiently

Derived terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “satis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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, page 540