insatiabilis Latin · revision 34102

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *sh₂-ti-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ĩː.sa.tiˈaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.sat.t͡siˈaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnsatiābilis''' (neuter īnsatiābile, adverb insatiābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=not]], [[m|la|satiō|t=to satisfy]] and the suffix [[m|la|-bilis]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives that verb from the family of [[m|la|satis|t=enough]], going back to [[itc-pro|*sati-|t=satiation]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₂-ti-|t=satisfaction, satiation]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Lucretius, Köbler from Cicero;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cicero writes of an insatiable desire and of a man who indulged his insatiable cruelty.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means that cannot be satisfied, insatiable, of desires, cruelty, joy and the human mind in Cicero and Livy, and of a wish to gain in Juvenal.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Of animals it is ravenous: Ovid's ''Ibis'' has the body of an enemy fought over by ravenous wolves.^(OLD 2012) It also means never cloying, that one cannot have enough of: Cicero praises the earth clothed in flowers, grasses and trees with a variety one never tires of.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it insatiable, ambitious.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|insatiable]] dates from the early 15th century, from Old French or directly from the Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of insatiable cruelty and of never-cloying variety.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of ravenous wolves.^(OLD 2012)

+ * early 15th century – English ''insatiable''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That cannot be satisfied, [[m|en|insatiable]]; ravenous, [[m|en|voracious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # That one cannot have enough of, never cloying.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[insatiabilitas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[satis]]

+ * [[satio#1|alt=satiō]]

+ * [[satietas|alt=satietās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}