A law was called Saturawhich contained several enactments under one bill; hence, according to Diomedes, Satire derives its name from the variety of its subjects.
This wordsatura has been afterward applied to many other sorts of mixtures; as Festus calls it, a kind of olla or hotch-potch made of several sorts of meats.
I know it may be urged in defence of Horace that this unity is not necessary, because the very word satura signifies a dish plentifully stored with all variety of fruits and grains.
According to this derivation, from setur comes satura or satira, according to the new spelling, as optumus and maxumus are now spelled optimus and maximus.
The more probable etymology[12] of the word satura connects it in origin with the satura lanx, a plate filled with various kinds of fruit offered to the gods.
This kind of composition, as well as the Lucilian satire, arose out of the old indigenous satura or dramatic medley, familiar to the Romans before the introduction of Greek literature.
The indigenoussatura existing at Rome before the rise of regular literature had been merged partly in the Latin comedy of Naevius, Plautus, Caecilius, etc.
The more probable etymology[19] of the word satura connects it in origin with the satura lanx, a plate filled with various kinds of fruit offered to the gods.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "satura" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
