thirst (v.) Copy link Outline 1. sĭtio, īvi or ii, 4 (both lit. and fig.)2. āreo, 2 (to be parched with t.) • thirst (v.): 1. sĭtio, īvi or ii, 4 (both lit. and fig.): lest men should t., ne homines sitirent, Suet. Aug. 42: the fields t., sitiunt agri, Cic. Or. 24, 81 (a rustic expr. acc. to him: also freq. in poet., as Ov. F. 4, 940). 2. āreo, 2 (to be parched with t.): Tantalus t.s in the midst of water, Tantalus in media aret aqua, Ov. A. A. 2, 606: the field t.s, aret ager, Virg. E. 7, 57: v. to be dry, parched.