sătŭrĭtas, ātis, f. [satur], fulness, repletion, satiety (mostly ante-class. and postAug. for the class. satietas; perh. only once in Cic.).
I Lit.: aperitur ostium, unde saturitate saepe ego exii ebrius, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 35; 4, 1, 4; 4, 2, 85; Aur. Vict. Epit. 45 fin. : quid causae est quin virgis te usque ad saturitatem sauciem? till you have enough , Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 53 (for which usu. ad satietatem; v. satietas); Vulg. Exod. 16, 3.— Humorously personified as the goddess of a parasite , Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 97.—
II Transf. *
A (Acc. to satur, I. B. 1.) A fulness or depth of color, Plin. 9, 39, 64, § 138.—
B (Acc. to satur, I. B. 2.) Fulness , plenty , abundance : saturitas copiaque rerum omnium quae ad victum hominum pertinent, * Cic. Sen. 16, 56; Vulg. Prov. 3, 10.—*
C Concr. (superfluity of food which has been eaten, i. e.), excrements , Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92 (cf. satietas, I. A. 2.).