Feminine

satura

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, feminine) dish filled with various kinds of fruits, plate of fruit, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, medley, olio
  2. (declension-1, feminine) satire, a species of poetry, originally dramatic and afterwards didactic, peculiar to the Romans

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈsa.tʊ.ra]
Etymology

From the phrase lanx satura (literally “dish full”), from satur. Later influenced by Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos, “satyr”), on the mistaken notion that it referred to the σατυρικὸν δράμα (saturikòn dráma, “satyr drama”), and existing in its alternative forms (cf. supra). Compare Latin satum.

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