satur Latin · revision 9730

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *seh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''satur''' (feminine satura, neuter saturum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -ur)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*saturo-|t=well-fed]], from [[ine-pro|*seh₂-|t=to satiate]], the root of [[satis]] “enough”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The form ⟨satur⟩ is presumably syncopated from earlier ⟨*saturos⟩, formed with the suffix ⟨*-rós⟩ on a u-stem noun ⟨*s(e)h₂-tu-⟩ “satiation”, perhaps cognate with [[lt|sótus|t=satiated]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, ''ubi satur sum'' “when I am full”, opposed to ''quandō ēsuriō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant full of food, well-fed, sated, of people often implying excess, as in Plautus and Terence; of places rich in stock or produce, as in Virgil; saturated with liquid, and of dyes rich, full, as in Seneca; and of topics rich in interest, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant full, sated.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for well-fed, satisfied.^(DMLBS) Its derivatives include [[saturō]] “to fill” and [[satura]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of topics.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of places.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Well-fed, [[m|en|replete]], sated.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of places)'' Rich in stock or produce.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|saturated|alt=Saturated]], ''(of dyes)'' rich, full.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of topics)'' Rich in interest.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[satullus]]

+ * [[satura]]

+ * [[saturō]]

+ * [[satiō]]

+ * [[satira]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[satis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}