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What is "Satin’" (Latin) | ||
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| jae Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5668 days ago 206 posts - 239 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Latin Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, French | Message 1 of 3 26 July 2012 at 3:17am | IP Logged |
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I'm studying conversational Latin, and in the textbook I'm using I've come across the phrase "Satin' salve?" This is said to mean "Everything okay?" but since there is an omission of a final vowel on "satin'", I haven't been able to find the original word and I'm not sure what the meaning is. Any ideas? Gratias!
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5560 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2 of 3 26 July 2012 at 5:31am | IP Logged |
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I think it comes from the Latin word "satisne", i.e. "satis" (enough, as in the word "satisfied") + "ne" (a question suffix which is commonly shortened to form part of the preceding word, a bit like "not" in the English word "shan't"). You could perhaps translate this then as something like the old-fashioned phrase "Are you quite well?". Edited by Teango on 26 July 2012 at 5:41am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jae Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5668 days ago 206 posts - 239 votes Speaks: English*, German, Latin Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, French | Message 3 of 3 26 July 2012 at 2:01pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks so much; super helpful!!
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