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satis enough
satis is a Latin Adverb that primarily means enough.
Definitions for satis
Wheelock's Latin
Adverb
- 1
enough, sufficient
- 2
indcl. noun, adj.
English derivatives:
satisfy satisfactory satiate insatiable sate assets
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A. (as sb.) Enough, sufficient; ~is superque, enough and to spare (see further under SVPER2). (b) (w. part. gen.).
- 2
(applied to persons) One of sufficient strength, power, etc. (for).
- 3
(pred., w. noun cls., inf., etc.).
Adverb
- 1
(as adv.). Sufficiently, adequately, enough (for a purpose stated or implied); more than sufficiently. (b) (w. adjs., advs., etc.). (c) quasi-adjectival).
- 2
(more vaguely, implying approximation to some hypothetical standard) Well enough, quite, etc. (b) (w. adjs., adv., etc.) fairly, pretty, quite.
Sentences with satis
Latin to English
Decem virī satis sapientiae et multum virtūtis habuērunt.Compare The ten men had enough wisdom and much virtue.
Satis sapientiae enim ā librīs difficiliōribus nōn accipiēmus.Compare For (= the truth is) we shall not receive enough wisdom from too difficult books.
Magnopere vereor ut imperātor nōbīs satis auxiliī mittat.Compare I greatly fear that the general may not send us enough help.
Numquam satis ōtiī habēbit; at aliquid ōtiī melius est quam nihil.Compare Never will he have enough leisure; yet some leisure is better than nothing.
Vereor ut Dolābella ipse satis nōbīs prōdesse possit.Compare I fear that Dollabella himself cannot be of sufficient help to us.
Auxilium satis superque habeo; sed qui multus sum, multus res egeo.Compare I have enough and too many allies; but the more numerous we are, the more things shall we require.
An hic satis dignus causa sum, cur patria indico bellum?Compare Or was this a sufficiently good reason for your proclaiming war against your country?
Peccare fuisset ante satis, penitus modo non genus omne perosos femineum.Compare It should be enough to have sinned once and then to loathe well nigh all the feminine sex.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 34.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1693.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "satis (adv.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 23, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/satis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 34.satis on page 34
