• thirst (
subs.): sĭtis, is,
f. (
acc. -im,
abl. -i). Lit.:
great t., magna s.:
Cels. 3, 6:
prolonged t., diuturna s.,
Cic. Sen. 8, 26:
parching t., arida s.,
Lucr. 3, 915 (
al. arida torres):
fiery t., ignea s.,
Virg. G. 3, 483:
furious t., irata s.,
Prop. 4, 9, 62:
to cause t., s. facere,
Plin. 20, 5, 20; gignere,
id. 20, 6, 23,
extr.; afferre, 23, 7, 63, § 121:
to bring on t., s. adducere,
Hor. Od. 4, 12, 13; colligere,
Virg. G. 3, 327:
to keep off t., s. arcere,
Plin. 20, 20, 81:
t. seizes any one, s. urget (aliquem),
Cels. 3, 6:
camels support t. for four days, s. tolerant quatriduo cameli,
Plin. 8, 18, 26:
t. parches the throat, s. urit fauces,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 114; torret ora,
Prop. 4, 9, 21 the throat is dry with t.. ardent siti fauces,
Liv. 44. 38:
t. burns up the wretched men, s. exurit miseros,
Lucr. 3, 915:
beside themselves with t., ob sitim impotentes sui,
Curt. 4, 7, 14:
to remove t., s. tollere,
Cels. 1, 3; depellere,
Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37; pellere,
Hor. Od. 2, 2, 14:
to quench t., s. exstinguere,
Ov. M. 7, 569; restinguere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 3, 9; compescere,
Ov. M. 4, 102; sedare,
Lucr. 2, 664; abluere,
id. 4, 874; explere, satiare,
Cic. Parad. 1, 1; reprimere,
Curt. 7, 5, 7:
to slake one's t. at a fountain, s. de fonte levare,
Ov. M. 15, 322:
to appease one's t., s. placare,
Mart. 1, 49, 17;
to die of t., siti mori,
Liv. 4, 30; enecari,
poet. in
Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10. Fig
.:
a t. for liberty, s. libertatis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43:
a t. for hearing, s. audiendi,
Quint. 6, 3, 19:
a tormenting t. for wealth, argenti s. importuna,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23:
so great is the t. for our blood, tanta sanguinis nostri hauriendi est s.,
Liv. 26, 13. The same
gen. sense may be
expr. by cupiditas, libido (stronger than
preced.), or by fames (
poet.),
v. desire,
passion,
longing.
Phr.:
hunger and t., laticum frugumque cupido,
Lucr. 4, 1085:
to produce t., desiderium humoris accendere,
Curt. 7, 5, 7.