thirst after Copy link • thirst after, for: sĭtio, īvi or ii, 4 (both lit. and fig.): the more water is drunk, the more is t.'d after, quo plus sunt potae plus sitiuntur aquae, Ov. F. 1, 216: to t. for liberty, s. libertatem, Cic. Rep. 1, 43: to t. more eagerly and hotly for something, gravius ardentiusque s. aliquid, id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: v. desire, covet, long for.