affatim

== Latin == === Etymology === Univerbation of *ad fatim ("to weariness", "ad nauseam"). Connected with fatīscō, fatīgō, fessus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaf.fa.tĩː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaf.fa.tim] === Adverb === affatim (not comparable) sufficiently, amply, enough incessantly, urgently, to satiety or fatigue ==== Usage notes ==== According to Jean-Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil's Lateinische Synonymik, 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 [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 239