• THIRST

1. s. sitis (PROP. and figuratively): cupiditas (figuratively, desire); for anything, alicujus rei. Thirst after liberty, sitis libertatis: thirst after truth, cupiditas veri videndi; studium veri reperiendi: to have a thirst after anything, sitire aliquid: to have or suffer thirst, sitire; siti cruciari (violent thirst): to die of thirst, siti enecari, mori: to cause or occasion thirst, sitim facere, gignere, afferre, stimulare, acoendere: to quench thirst, sitim restinguere, exstinguere: to remove thirst, sitim explere, depellere, reprimere; sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare (by a draught of cold water): he ought to quench his thirst only with cold water, potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet.

2. v. sitire (PROP. and figuratively). to thirst violently, siti cruciari; sitis fauces urit (poetical): figuratively, to thirst after anything, sitire aliquid; alicujus rei cupiditate flagrare; rem ardenter cupere.