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v. trans.
Satiate: P. and V. ἐκπιμπλά̆ναι, ἐμπιπλά̆ναι, P. ἀποπιμπλάναι, ἀ̆ποπληροῦν.
Pay: P. διαλύειν ; see pay.
Please: P. and V. ἀ̆ρέσκειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. also V. ἁνδά̆νειν (dat.).
Appease: P. and V. πρᾱΰνειν ; see appease.
Convince: P. and V. πείθειν.
Be enough for: P. and V. ἀρκεῖν (dat.). ἐξαρκεῖν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποχρῆν (dat.).
Neither Greece nor alien land is big enough to satisfy the man’s ambition: P. οὔθʼ ἡ Ἑλλὰς οὔθʼ ἡ βάρβαρος τὴν πλεονεξίαν χωρεῖ τἀνθρώπου (Dem. 118).
v. trans.
Satiate: P. and V. ἐκπιμπλά̆ναι, ἐμπιπλά̆ναι, P. ἀποπιμπλάναι, ἀ̆ποπληροῦν.
Pay: P. διαλύειν ; see pay.
Please: P. and V. ἀ̆ρέσκειν (acc. or dat.), Ar. also V. ἁνδά̆νειν (dat.).
Appease: P. and V. πρᾱΰνειν ; see appease.
Convince: P. and V. πείθειν.
Be enough for: P. and V. ἀρκεῖν (dat.). ἐξαρκεῖν (dat.), Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποχρῆν (dat.).
Neither Greece nor alien land is big enough to satisfy the man’s ambition: P. οὔθʼ ἡ Ἑλλὰς οὔθʼ ἡ βάρβαρος τὴν πλεονεξίαν χωρεῖ τἀνθρώπου (Dem. 118).
SATISFY
satisfacere alicui (the proper word): explere aliquem or aliquid (especially like satiare or saturare to satisfy the desires or passions): alicui probari (to meet with approval): respondere alicui or alicui rei (to answer; of persons or personified things). To satisfy one’s creditors creditoribus satisfacere; creditores absolvere or dimittere (Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 2 4 2): to satisfy one’s wish voluntati alicujus satisfacere or obsequi; aliquem or animum alicujus explere; optatis alicujus respondere: to satisfy the expectations of anyone exspectationem alicujus explere; respondere alicujus exspectationi (opposed to decipere alicujus exspectationem): to be satisfied contentum esse; with anything aliqua re (or after the Augustan age followed by an infinitive; to be content): satis habere (followed by an accusative and infinitive or by a simple infinitive; to hold or esteem sufficient): acquiescere in re (to rest in anything not to desire more): to be satisfied with little parvo contentum esse; parce vivere: to be satisfied with what one has suis rebus contentum esse. Vid: also SATIATE PAY CONVINCE.
satisfacere alicui (the proper word): explere aliquem or aliquid (especially like satiare or saturare to satisfy the desires or passions): alicui probari (to meet with approval): respondere alicui or alicui rei (to answer; of persons or personified things). To satisfy one’s creditors creditoribus satisfacere; creditores absolvere or dimittere (Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 2 4 2): to satisfy one’s wish voluntati alicujus satisfacere or obsequi; aliquem or animum alicujus explere; optatis alicujus respondere: to satisfy the expectations of anyone exspectationem alicujus explere; respondere alicujus exspectationi (opposed to decipere alicujus exspectationem): to be satisfied contentum esse; with anything aliqua re (or after the Augustan age followed by an infinitive; to be content): satis habere (followed by an accusative and infinitive or by a simple infinitive; to hold or esteem sufficient): acquiescere in re (to rest in anything not to desire more): to be satisfied with little parvo contentum esse; parce vivere: to be satisfied with what one has suis rebus contentum esse. Vid: also SATIATE PAY CONVINCE.
satisfy:
I. To supply the natural desires fully:
1. expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to s. long-continued thirst, diuturnam sitim ex., Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: to s. hunger, famem ex., Phaedr. 3, 18, 5: to s. the expectation of long-continued desire, expectationem desiderii diuturni ex., Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205.
2. impleo, 2: to be s.'d (satisfy oneself) with wine and wild flesh, Bacchi ferinaeque impleri, Virg. Aen. 1, 215.
3. sătio, 1 (to satisfy completely; to satiety): v.TO SATE , SATIATE .
II. To give satisfaction to, or please.
1. sătisfăcio, 3 (often written separately): to s. a petitioner, alicui petenti s., Cic. Or. 41, 140: to s. a god (offer the proper worship to him), deo s., Cic. Fam. 14, 7, med.
2. plăceo, 2 (with dat.): dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo): v.SATISFACTION (II., 2).
3. respondeo, di, sum, 2 (to answer to expectations: esp. of crops yielding a good return): cf. Col. 2, 1, med., humus magno fenore colono respondet: also Virg. G. 1, 47, illa seges votis respondet avari agricolae (thoroughly satisfies him).
4. expr. to be satisfied by sătis habeo, 2 (to have enough, to be content with): he declares he is s.'d, and more than s.'d, satis superque se habere dicit, Cic. R. Com. 4, 11: foll. by infin., to be s.'d with defending (defendere), Nep. Han. 10, fin.
III. To pay, recompense, indemnify, etc.: sătisfăcio, 3: to s. the Aedui for injuries, Aeduis de injuriis s., Caes. B. G. 1, 14: to s. the Sicilians, Siculis s., Cic. Verr. 5, 53, init.: to s. the absent (creditors), absentibus satisfacere, Cic. Fl. 20, 47: v.PAY .
IV. To convince, assure: persuādeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.): esp. in phr., I am (perfectly) s.'d, mihi persuasum (persuasissimum) est: v.TO PERSUADE , CONVINCE .
I. To supply the natural desires fully:
1. expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to s. long-continued thirst, diuturnam sitim ex., Cic. de Sen. 8, 26: to s. hunger, famem ex., Phaedr. 3, 18, 5: to s. the expectation of long-continued desire, expectationem desiderii diuturni ex., Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 205.
2. impleo, 2: to be s.'d (satisfy oneself) with wine and wild flesh, Bacchi ferinaeque impleri, Virg. Aen. 1, 215.
3. sătio, 1 (to satisfy completely; to satiety): v.
II. To give satisfaction to, or please.
1. sătisfăcio, 3 (often written separately): to s. a petitioner, alicui petenti s., Cic. Or. 41, 140: to s. a god (offer the proper worship to him), deo s., Cic. Fam. 14, 7, med.
2. plăceo, 2 (with dat.): dēlecto, 1 (stronger than placeo): v.
3. respondeo, di, sum, 2 (to answer to expectations: esp. of crops yielding a good return): cf. Col. 2, 1, med., humus magno fenore colono respondet: also Virg. G. 1, 47, illa seges votis respondet avari agricolae (thoroughly satisfies him).
4. expr. to be satisfied by sătis habeo, 2 (to have enough, to be content with): he declares he is s.'d, and more than s.'d, satis superque se habere dicit, Cic. R. Com. 4, 11: foll. by infin., to be s.'d with defending (defendere), Nep. Han. 10, fin.
III. To pay, recompense, indemnify, etc.: sătisfăcio, 3: to s. the Aedui for injuries, Aeduis de injuriis s., Caes. B. G. 1, 14: to s. the Sicilians, Siculis s., Cic. Verr. 5, 53, init.: to s. the absent (creditors), absentibus satisfacere, Cic. Fl. 20, 47: v.
IV. To convince, assure: persuādeo, si, sum, 2 (with dat.): esp. in phr., I am (perfectly) s.'d, mihi persuasum (persuasissimum) est: v.
placeo
...please, give pleasure, be approved, be pleasing, be agreeable, be acceptable, suit, satisfy
satio
to fill, satisfy, sate, satiate
satisfacio
to give satisfaction, satisfy, content
to satisfy, glut, sate
...please, give pleasure, be approved, be pleasing, be agreeable, be acceptable, suit, satisfy
satio
to fill, satisfy, sate, satiate
satisfacio
to give satisfaction, satisfy, content
appearing fewer than 50 times
exsatioto satisfy, glut, sate