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sandissanti
sandati
fut 3rd pl of sandati (verb); pr 3rd pl of sandissati (verb); fut 3rd pl of sandeti (verb)
- sandati (pr): (of a river) flows; runs
- sandissati (pr): knows well; has first-hand experience (of); lit. is seen together
- sandissati (pr): is seen (in); is comparable (with); agrees (with)
- sandissati (pr): exhibits; manifests; lit. is seen together (in)
- sandeti (pr): wets; lit. causes to flow
Built from
- sa- — prefix · together, with
The prefix works like Latin con-, bringing things or knowledge into unity. Here it intensifies the sense of direct, complete understanding.
- sand- — root · sit, settle; flow
Related to Sanskrit sad- (sit, settle, become firm) and Latin sedēre. The sense 'settle' → 'become known, be established' motivates the epistemic meaning in compounds with sa-.
- -iss- — stem · desiderative marker
The desiderative suffix expresses intention, habitual causation, or the sense 'cause to, allow to' rather than simple action. Here it links sandati to sandissati (know well, be seen together).
- -anti — ending · 3rd person plural present
The present plural ending marks ongoing or habitual action in the third person. In sandissanti, it may also carry future or conditional force depending on context.
Analysis. sandissati is the desiderative present of sandati (√sad- 'sit' or √san- 'flow'). The form sandissanti shows the 3rd plural future or conditional form derived from the desiderative stem, expressing either the causative sense 'will cause to flow' (from sandeti) or the epistemic 'will know well; will be manifest together' (from sandissati).
Etymology. The root √sad (sit) or √san (flow) connects to Sanskrit sad- (sit, settle) and Latin sedēre (sit); the desiderative formation sandiss- adds -iss- to express the sense of willing or causing. The prefix sa- (together, with) + √dis (see) yields 'seeing together' → 'knowing well' or 'being manifest together'—a semantic evolution from the concrete visual imagery of assembly to epistemic directness.