affatim

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of *ad fatim ("to weariness", "ad nauseam"). Connected with fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.fa.tim/, [ˈäfːät̪ɪ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.fa.tim/, [ˈäfːät̪im]

Adverb

affatim (not comparable)

sufficiently, amply, enough
incessantly, urgently, to satiety or fatigue

Usage notes

According to Jean-Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil's Lateinische Synonymik,^[1] affatim is distinguished from satis by its subjectivity: it is used when one desires no more, while satis is used when there is no need anymore.

References

“affatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
affatim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 239

^ Jean-Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil (1831) “Affatim, Satis, Satis superque.”, in D. Ludwig Ramshorn, editor, Lateinische Synonymik (in German), volume 1, Leipzig: Baumgärtnerische Buchhandlung, page 50

[1] Jean-Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil (1831) “Affatim, Satis, Satis superque.”, in D. Ludwig Ramshorn, editor, Lateinische Synonymik (in German), volume 1, Leipzig: Baumgärtnerische Buchhandlung, page 50

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