English → Latin
“satisfy” in Latin
saturōto fill to repletion, sate, satisfydīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,obsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flattery
The English word satisfy itself goes back to Latin faciō, through satisfaciō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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 Augustin 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for satisfy?
- The usual Latin words for “satisfy” are saturō, dīmittō, obsequium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.