satisfacio Latin · revision 9732

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la satis, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sa.tɪfˈfa.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sa.tisˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''satisfaciō''' (present infinitive satisfacere, perfect active satisfēcī, supine satisfactum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive^(Wiktionary)

+ Also written as two words, ''satis faciō''.^(OLD 2012) The passive is normally impersonal, ''satisfit'', ''satisfierī'', and Varro has ''satisfacitur''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[satis]] “enough” and [[faciō]] “to do, make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨satis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sati-|t=satiation, satisfaction]], from [[ine-pro|*sh₂-ti-|t=satiation]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of satisfying a creditor.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Usually with a dative, it meant to give satisfaction to a creditor, usually by a pledge or bond, as in Plautus; to make amends to an injured party, apologise; to do all that is required for a person or task, satisfy, as in Cicero and Caesar; to be adequate, suffice, as in Columella; and with indirect speech to give a satisfactory assurance, prove, as in Afranius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to give satisfaction, satisfy.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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

+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of sufficing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give satisfaction to a [[m|en|creditor]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make amends, [[m|en|apologise]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To do all that is required, [[m|en|satisfy]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be adequate, suffice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To give a satisfactory assurance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[satisfactiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[satis]]

+ * [[faciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}