satis Latin · revision 5878

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsa.tɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.tis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''satis''' (comparative satius, no superlative)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sati-|t=satiation, satisfaction]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sh₂-ti-]], from the root [[ine-pro|*seh₂-|t=to satiate]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Walde and Hofmann took it as a frozen nominative of a noun meaning “satisfaction”, and the short form [[m|la|sat]] from *satis before a consonant, or from [[m|la|satis est]] shortened to [[m|la|sat est]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[got|𐍃𐌰𐌸𐍃|tr=saþs|t=full]], [[ang|sæd|t=sated]] and [[grc|ἅδην|tr=hádēn|t=enough]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[satur]] “full” is from the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun it meant “enough”, ''satis superque'' “enough and to spare”, and ''satis habēre'' “to be content”, and in law ''satis'' was sufficient security, as in ''satis accipere''.^(OLD 2012) As an adverb it meant sufficiently, enough, and then more loosely “quite, rather”; its comparative [[satius]] meant “better, preferable”.^(OLD 2012) ''Satin'' introduced emphatic questions in comedy.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes it, a sufficient measure, from [[affatim]] and [[abunde]], which suggest too much rather than too little.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it came to mean “very”, and with a comparative “much”, and also “too”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''satis habēre'' and ''satin''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – It comes to mean “very”.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Enough]], a sufficient amount, ''satis superque'', enough and more.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' Sufficient [[m|en|security]], a guarantee.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|Sufficiently]], adequately.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Fairly, quite, well enough.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Very, (with a comparative) much; too.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[satiō]]

+ * [[satisacceptiō]]

+ * [[satisdō]]

+ * [[satisfaciō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sānus]]

+ * [[satur]]

+ * [[en|satisfy]]

+ * [[en|sad]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}