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Latin
Etymology
satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make, construct”)
Pronunciation
Verb
satisfaciō (present infinitive satisfacere, perfect active satisfēcī, supine satisfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- to satisfy, content
- to secure, pay off
- to apologize, make amends
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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, 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)