satisfacio

satisfacio

Latin

Etymology

    From satis (enough, sufficient) + faciō (to make, construct).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. to satisfy, content
    2. to secure, pay off
    3. to apologize, make amends

    Conjugation

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    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: soddisfare
        • ? Friulian: sodisfâ
        • ? Piedmontese: sodisfé
      • >? Sicilian: sodisfari, sudisfari (or from Italian)

    Borrowings:

    References

    • satisfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • satisfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • satisfacio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
      • to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
      • to respond to expectations: exspectationi satisfacere, respondere
      • to give some one satisfaction for an injury: satisfacere alicui pro (de) iniuriis
      • to do one's duty: officio suo satisfacere (Div. in Caec. 14. 47)