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insatiabiliter

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ĩː.sa.ti.aːˈbɪ.lɪ.tɛr][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [in.sat.t͡si.aˈbiː.li.ter][1]

Forms

insatiābiliter (not comparable)[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin insatiābilis (“insatiable”) + -ter.[2][3][4] The adjective is formed from in- (“not”), satiō1 (“to satisfy”) and -bilis;[2] de Vaan traces the base satis (“enough”) to Proto-Italic *sati- (“satiation”) and Proto-Indo-European *sh₂-ti- (“satisfaction, satiation”).[5] Cognate with Ancient Greek ἅδην (hádēn, “to one's fill”) and Lithuanian sótus (“satisfied, full”).[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lucretius is its first author:[4] mourners say they have wept insatiably for the dead man turned to ash, īnsatiābiliter dēflēvimus.[6][7]

Semantic evolution

Lucretius also says that filth seems so pleasant to pigs that they wallow in it insatiably.[6][8] Tacitus writes that one thing must be pursued insatiably, a good memory of oneself, and Pliny the Younger of people sitting insatiably at the games.[6][8] The Latin translation of Irenaeus uses it to render Ancient Greek κατακόρως (katakórōs), and Lactantius, Augustine and Cassiodorus use it of amassing wealth, of reading and of bloody rites.[6]

Medieval writers used it of the angels' insatiable desire to look, and in 1171 John of Salisbury of men who hated someone insatiably.[9]

Timeline

  • 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of mourners weeping insatiably.[6][4]
  • 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of seeking a good memory of oneself.[6][4]
  • c. 250–317 AD – Lactantius uses it of heaping up wealth.[6][4]
  • 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it of reading insatiably.[6][4]
  • 1171 – John of Salisbury uses it of insatiable hatred.[9]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. Without satiety, insatiably.[2][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Bianchi, Rossella; Lelli, Olga (2014), VOLI: Vocabolario di latino, Florence: Le Monnier
  4. ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ a b de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  7. ^ Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  8. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  9. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press