satisne

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Latin

Alternative forms

satin, satine (contracted forms)

Etymology

From satis (“enough”) +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈtis.ne/, [s̠äˈt̪ɪs̠nɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈtis.ne/, [säˈt̪izne]

Adverb

satisne (not comparable)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see satis,‎ -ne. introducing questions
Roget satisne tempori opera sient confecta. ― Let him ask whether the works were done timely enough.
- 2008, T. P. Wiseman, Remembering the Roman People : Essays on Late-Republican, pages 107–108:
  By April Cicero was back in the city, and wondering whether to accept Varro's invitation to Cumae:
  etsi uide, quaeso, satisne rectum sit nos hoc tanto incendio ciuitatis in istis locis esse; ...
  But pray ask yourself whether it is quite proper for us to be down there at such a time of national convulsion.
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