noun · femininethird declension
satisfactiō
satisfactiō f (genitive satisfactiōnis)
Meaning
- the giving of security or bail
- satisfaction (for an offence); reparation, amends
- excuse, apology, plea
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Purgatio · Excusatio · Satisfactio
Purgatio consists, like justification, in clearing one’s self of a suspicion or accusation by proving it groundless; excusatio, like making an excuse, is acknowledging something wrong, but with the assertion of, or reference to, subjective innocence; satisfactio, like atonement, is the satisfaction made to the suffering, or injured party, in case of innocence, by purgatio or excusatio,—in case of guilt, by veniæ petitio or by pœna (vi. 293.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | satisfactiō | satisfactiōnēs |
| genitive | satisfactiōnis | satisfactiōnum |
| dative | satisfactiōnī | satisfactiōnibus |
| accusative | satisfactiōnem | satisfactiōnēs |
| ablative | satisfactiōne | satisfactiōnibus |
| vocative | satisfactiō | satisfactiōnēs |
sătisfactio, ōnis, f. satisfacio; v. satis, II. D.. *
I. A satisfying of a creditor by security; a giving security or bail:
satisfactio pro solutione est, Dig. 46, 3, 52.— II. An excuse, apology, plea, explanation (class.):
(Caesar) Ubiorum satisfactionem accepit, Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 41: hic tu me etiam insimulas, nec satisfactionem meam accipis, Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 1: ne aliquid satisfactio levitatis habere videatur, id. Att. 4, 6, 3: satisfactionem ex nullā conscientiā de culpā proponere decrevi, Sall. C. 35, 2 Kritz.—2. Satisfaction, reparation, amends, for an injury, etc. (postAug.):
luitur homicidium certo pecorum numero, recipitque satisfactionem universa domus, Tac. G. 21.—Transf., of doves, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
satisfactiō ōnis, f
satis+2 FAC-, an excuse, apology, plea, explanation : Eorum satisfactione acceptā, Cs.: satisfactionem ex nullā conscientiā de culpā proponere decrevi, S.— Reparation, amends, satisfaction : luitur homicidium, recipitque satisfactionem domus, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satisfactiō From satisfaciō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalansatisfacció
- Englishsatisfaction
- Frenchsatisfaction
- GermanSatisfaktion
- Italiansoddisfazione
- Portuguesesatisfação
- Romaniansatisfacție
- Romaniansatisfacțiune
- Spanishsatisfacción
- Estoniansatisfaktsioon
In English words that came into English from satisfactiō
- satisfactionsatisfactiō