sătŭro — Lewis & Short
sătŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.satur,
I to fill, glut, cloy, satiate (rare but class.; syn. satio).
I Lit.:
animalia duce naturā mammas appetunt earumque ubertate saturantur,Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:
armenta,Verg. A. 8, 213:
nec cytiso saturantur apes,id. E. 10, 30:
caede leones,Ov. M. 10, 541; id. Am. 2, 16, 25:
testudines,Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36:
saturabat glebula talis Patrem ipsum,Juv. 14, 166:
famem,i. e. to satisfy, appease, Claud. Phoen. 13; Vulg. Deut. 14, 29 et saep. —
B Transf., in gen., to fill, furnish abundantly, saturate with a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
nec saturare fimo pingui pudeat sola,Verg. G. 1, 80:
novalia stercore,Col. 2, 9, 15:
betam multo stercore,Pall. Febr. 24, 10:
jejunia terrae fimo, Col. poët. 10, 82: culta aquis,i. e. to water, irrigate, Mart. 8, 28, 4; cf.: pallam Tyrio murice, to saturate, to dye or color richly, Ov. M. 11, 166; Mart. 8, 48, 5; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 208:
capillum multo amomo,to anoint, Stat. S. 3, 4, 82:
tabulas pice,to smear, cover, Vitr. 10, 11 fin.; cf.:
aditus murium querno cinere,Pall. 1, 35, 11:
horrea,to fill, stuff, Lucil. Aetn. 266.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to fill, satisfy, content, sate:
mens erecta saturataque bonarum cogitationum epulis,Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61:
homines saturati honoribus,id. Planc. 8, 20:
ex eorum agris atque urbibus expleti atque saturati cum hoc cumulo quaestus decederent,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 100:
saturavi perfidiam et scelus proditorum,id. Dom. 17, 44; Cat. 64, 220:
saturavit se sanguine civium,Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59:
crudelitatem,to satisfy, sate, id. Vatin. 3, 6.—In a Gr. construction: Juno necdum antiquum saturata dolorem, not yet satisfied or assuaged, Verg. A. 5, 608.—*
B In partic., subject. (for the usu. satio), to cause to loathe, to make weary of or disgusted with a thing: hae res vitae me saturant, * Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 18.—Hence, sătŭ-rātus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.); of color, full, rich:
color saturatior,Plin. 21, 8, 22, § 46.