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)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of satisfied.

Verb

satis

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial) Clipping of satisfy.

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

satis

  1. past of sati

Latin

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *satis, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂tis (“satiation, satisfaction”), from *seh₂- + *-tis. Perhaps originally a frozen nominal use.

    Cognates include Sanskrit असिन्व (asinvá, “insatiable”), Old Irish sáth (“satiety”), Ancient Greek ἄω (áō, “to satiate”) and Old English sæd (“full, sated”) (English sad).[1]

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    satis (comparative satius, no superlative)

    1. enough, adequately, sufficiently, satisfactorily, amply
      Synonym: affatim
      Antonym: parum
      Coordinate terms: nimis, nimium; minimē
      • 45 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 12.50:
        Ipse Romam venirem, ut una essemus, si satis consultum quadam de re haberem.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 21.57.9:
        Paucorum inde dierum quiete sumpta et uixdum satis percurato uolnere, ad Victumulas oppugnandas ire pergit.
        • 1905 translation by Canon William Masfen Roberts
          After taking only a few days' rest, before his wound was thoroughly healed Hannibal proceeded to attack Victumviae.
      1. (as translated in English by an adjective, chiefly with copulas or habeō (“to have”)): enough, satisfactory, sufficient; adequate, well-suited
        satis esse ― to be sufficient
        satis habēre ― to be satisfied (with a direct object ‘with something’ or an infinitival clause ‘that...’)
        • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo:
          Satin habes, si feminarum nulla est quam aeque diligam?
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
        • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.11.9:
          Fabio satis visum ut ovans urbem iniret.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
        • c. 95 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio oratoria 2.4.3:
          nam quid opus erat tantum studiis laboris impendere, si res nudas atque inornatas indicare satis videretur?
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    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.)

    Pronoun

    satis (indeclinable)

    1. enough [with genitive ‘of something’]
      Synonym: affatim
      Antonym: parum
      Coordinate terms: nimium; minimum
      • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 125:
        Sed satis verborumst
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 158:
        Satis historiarumst.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 313:
        Satis mihi id habeam supplici dum illos ulciscar modo.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 44 BCE, Cicero, Laelius de amicitia 19:
        […] ; sed ea [amicitia] non satis habet firmitatis.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Usage notes

    Only used in the nominative and accusative cases.

    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: ad satis (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *satius (noun)

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Participle

    satīs

    1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of satus

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    satīs

    1. dative/ablative plural of sata

    References

    1. ^ 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

    Further reading

    • “sătis”, 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
    • “sătis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "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)
    • 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

    Portuguese

    Noun

    satis m

    1. plural of sati
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