satisfacio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sa.tɪfˈfa.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sa.tisˈfaː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of satisfaciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation, suppletive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	satisfaciō	satisfacis		satisfacit	satisfacimus	satisfacitis		satisfaciunt
	imperfect	satisfaciēbam	satisfaciēbās		satisfaciēbat	satisfaciēbāmus	satisfaciēbātis		satisfaciēbant
	future	satisfaciam	satisfaciēs		satisfaciet	satisfaciēmus	satisfaciētis		satisfacient
	perfect	satisfēcī	satisfēcistī		satisfēcit	satisfēcimus	satisfēcistis		satisfēcērunt, satisfēcēre
	pluperfect	satisfēceram	satisfēcerās		satisfēcerat	satisfēcerāmus	satisfēcerātis		satisfēcerant
	future perfect	satisfēcerō	satisfēceris		satisfēcerit	satisfēcerimus	satisfēceritis		satisfēcerint
passive	present	satisfīō	satisfīs		satisfit	satisfīmus	satisfītis		satisfīunt
	imperfect	satisfīēbam	satisfīēbās		satisfīēbat	satisfīēbāmus	satisfīēbātis		satisfīēbant
	future	satisfīam	satisfīēs		satisfīet	satisfīēmus	satisfīētis		satisfīent
	perfect	satisfactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	satisfactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	satisfactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	satisfaciam	satisfaciās		satisfaciat	satisfaciāmus	satisfaciātis		satisfaciant
	imperfect	satisfacerem	satisfacerēs		satisfaceret	satisfacerēmus	satisfacerētis		satisfacerent
	perfect	satisfēcerim	satisfēcerīs		satisfēcerit	satisfēcerīmus	satisfēcerītis		satisfēcerint
	pluperfect	satisfēcissem	satisfēcissēs		satisfēcisset	satisfēcissēmus	satisfēcissētis		satisfēcissent
passive	present	satisfīam	satisfīās		satisfīat	satisfīāmus	satisfīātis		satisfīant
	imperfect	satisfierem	satisfierēs		satisfieret	satisfierēmus	satisfierētis		satisfierent
	perfect	satisfactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	satisfactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	satisface		—	—	satisfacite		—
active	future	—	satisfacitō		satisfacitō	—	satisfacitōte		satisfaciuntō
passive	present	—	satisfī		—	—	satisfīte		—
passive	future	—	satisfītō		satisfītō	—	satisfītōte		satisfīuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		satisfacere		satisfierī		satisfaciēns		—
future		satisfactūrum esse		satisfactum īrī		satisfactūrus		satisfaciendus, satisfaciundus
perfect		satisfēcisse		satisfactum esse		—		satisfactus
future perfect		—		satisfactum fore		—		—
perfect potential		satisfactūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		satisfaciendī	satisfaciendō		satisfaciendum	satisfaciendō	satisfactum		satisfactū

Derived terms

satisfactiō

Descendants

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

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: satisfer
→ Galician: satisfacer
→ Italian: satisfare
→ Old French: satisfaire (see there for further descendants)
→ Portuguese: satisfazer
→ Romanian: satisface
→ Sicilian: satisfari
→ Spanish: satisfacer

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)