French

Verb

satura

1. third-person singular past historic of saturer

Italian

Verb

satura

1. third-person singular present indicative of saturare
2. second-person singular imperative of saturare

Latin

Alternative forms

• satira
• satyra

Etymology

From the phrase "lanx satura" (lit. dish full), from satur. Later influenced by Ancient Greek σάτυρος ‎(sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that it referred to the σατυρικόν δράμα ‎(saturikón dráma, “satyr drama”), and existing in its alternative forms (cf. supra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tu.ra/, [ˈsa.tʊ.ra]

Noun

satura f ‎(genitive saturae); first declension

1. dish filled with various kinds of fruits, plate of fruit, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, medley, olio
2. satire, a species of poetry, originally dramatic and afterwards didactic, peculiar to the Romans

Inflection

First declension.

References

• satura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• satura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SATURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “satura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• satura in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

satura

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of saturar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of saturar

Romanian

Etymology

From French saturer. Compare the inherited doublet sătura ‎(“to satiate”).

Verb

a satura ‎(third-person singular present saturează, past participle saturat) 1st conj.

1. to saturate

Conjugation

See also

• sătura

Spanish

Verb

satura

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of saturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of saturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of saturar.