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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• satisfaction:
    1. I. Act of satisfying or pleasing: usu. expr. by verb: we are led by nature to the s. of desires, *naturâ ad cupiditates explendas ducimur. (N.B.--Satisfactio means the legal satisfaction of a creditor.)
    2. II. The state of being satisfied or pleased; pleasure, contentment:
      1. 1. vŏluptas: I have derived the greatest possible s. from your letter, ex tuis literis incredibilem v. cepi, Cic. Fam. 5, 7, init.
      2. 2. expr. by plăceo, 2 (to give satisfaction to: with dat.): my house gives me great s., *domus mea valde mihi placet. A still higher degree of s., may be expr. by dēlecto, 1: it gives me intense s., (Hermathena tua) valde me delectat, Cic. Att. 1, 1, extr.
    3. III. Amends: atonement for crime: poena: esp. in phrr. poenam solvere, pendere, dare (denoting punishment): Cic. Mil. 31, fin. (p. solvere): Cic. Att. 11, 8, init. (p. pendere): v. punishment: to demand s., poenam or poenas exigere, Ov. M. 14, 478 (de volnere p. exigere): the law by which s. is demanded (by the Fetiales), jus, quo res repetuntur, Liv. 1, 32, med.: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (nullum bellum esse justum, nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SATISFACTION
  • Content, satisfactio (general term): solutio (a paying): expletio (of a wish, necessity). Satisfaction of one’s wish, eventus ad spem respondens: to give satisfaction [Vid: SATISFY].
  • Atonement, amends, satisfactio (satisfaction for an injury; e.g., for killing a person): poena (general term for punishment): piaculum (in religious matters): placamentum (that by which satisfaction is made). A sacrifice of satisfaction, *mors qua numen placatur or expiatur: to require satisfaction from anybody, piaculum ab aliquo exigere: to make satisfaction for anything, expiare aliquid; by anything, aliqua re: to have received satisfaction, satisfit mihi: to receive satisfaction for anything, satisfactionem recipere pro re: to seek satisfaction from anybody, poenam ab aliquo expetere: to demand satisfaction, res repetere (of the Fetialis, who demanded satisfaction from the enemy; also of a buyer who claims an allowance for defective goods, etc).