satisne

Latin

Alternative forms

satin (a contracted form)
satine (a contracted form)

Etymology

satis (“enough”) +‎ -ne

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tis.ne/, [ˈsa.tɪs.nɛ]

Adverb

satisne

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see satis,‎ -ne. introducing questions
Roget satisne tempori opera sient confecta.
Let him ask whether the works were done timely enough.
- 2008, T. P. Wiseman, Remembering the Roman People : Essays on Late-Republican, pages 107-108
  By April Cicero was back in the city, and wondering whether to accept Varro's invitation to Cumae:
  etsi uide, quaeso, satisne rectum sit nos hoc tanto incendio ciuitatis in istis locis esse; ...
  But pray ask yourself whether it is quite proper for us to be down there at such a time of national convulsion.

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