insatiabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-sătĭābĭlis, e, adj.

I That cannot be satisfied , insatiable : cupiditas, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: gaudium, id. ib. 5, 25, 70: crudelitas, id. Phil. 1, 3, 8: humanus animus, Liv. 4, 13, 4: acquirendi votum, Juv. 14, 125. —

β With gen.: sanguinis, Just. 1, 8, 13: laudis, Val. Max. 8, 14. 3: spectaculi, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 1.—

II That cannot cloy or sate , that never produces satiety : varietas, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 38: nulla est insatiabilior species, id. ib. 2, 62, 155.— Adv.: insătĭābĭlĭter , insatiably : deflere, Lucr. 3, 907: in re inani desidere, Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 3: parare memoriam sui, Tac. A. 4, 38: opes congerere, Lact. Ep. 4.

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