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sĭtis (noun F) : (abl. site, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 3; acc. sitem, Prud. στεφ. 2, 250), etym. dub.; perh. akin with siccus
* Thirst (class.; used only in sing.).
* Lit.: demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tenet,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 33; cf.: tibi cum fauces urit sitis,Hor. S. 1, 2, 114: siti sicca sum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 26: anum interfecero siti fameque atque algu,id. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.: cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: explere diuturnam sitim,id. Sen. 8, 26; cf.: ut sitim nostro possis explere cruore,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 57: ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,excited,Verg. G. 3, 327: fessa labore sitim collegerat,had become thirsty,Ov. M. 5, 446: sitim tolerare,Tac. G. 4: exstinguere sitim,Ov. M. 7, 569: restinguere,Verg. E. 5, 47: pellere,Hor. C. 2, 2, 14; Stat. Th. 5, 1: finire,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 146: sedare,Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; 5, 945; Ov. M. 3, 415: famem ac sitim sedare,Plin. 11, 53, 119, § 284; Tac. H. 2, 49: levare,Ov. M. 12, 156; 15, 322: relevare,id. ib. 6, 354 al.: compescere,id. ib. 4, 102: deponere,id. ib. 4, 98: defendere fonte,Sil. 7, 170: avertere,id. 8, 572: reprimere,Curt. 7, 5, 7: pomi sitim faciunt,provoke,Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 135: sucus, qui sitim stimulet,id. 23, 7, 67, § 132: sitim adferunt (fici),id. 23, 7, 63, § 121: accendit,id. 11, 2, 1, § 3; Curt. 7, 5, 2: in lassitudine et in siti,Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111: excessit sitim potio,was more than enough for,Cels. 1, 2: ardere siti,Claud. in Ruf. 1, 104: sitis arida guttur Urit,Ov. M. 11, 129.
* Transf., of things (places, plants, etc.), dryness, drought, aridity (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,Tib. 1, 4, 42; Verg. G. 2, 353: deserta siti regio,id. A. 4, 42: haurit sitis ignea campos,Stat. Th. 4, 699: sitis aestatis restinguitur fontibus, i. e. of plants,Col. 11, 3, 9; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29 al.
* Trop., strong or ardent desire, greediness, thirst: cupiditatis sitis,Cic. Par. 1, 1, 6.—With gen. obj.: libertatis,Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66: cruoris,Ov. M. 13, 768: argenti sitis importuna famesque,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23: sitis major famae quam virtutis,Juv. 10, 140: audiendi,Quint. 6, 3, 19.
* Thirst (class.; used only in sing.).
* Lit.: demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tenet,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 33; cf.: tibi cum fauces urit sitis,Hor. S. 1, 2, 114: siti sicca sum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 26: anum interfecero siti fameque atque algu,id. Most. 1, 3, 36; id. Rud. 2, 2, 7; cf.: cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: explere diuturnam sitim,id. Sen. 8, 26; cf.: ut sitim nostro possis explere cruore,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 57: ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,excited,Verg. G. 3, 327: fessa labore sitim collegerat,had become thirsty,Ov. M. 5, 446: sitim tolerare,Tac. G. 4: exstinguere sitim,Ov. M. 7, 569: restinguere,Verg. E. 5, 47: pellere,Hor. C. 2, 2, 14; Stat. Th. 5, 1: finire,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 146: sedare,Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; 5, 945; Ov. M. 3, 415: famem ac sitim sedare,Plin. 11, 53, 119, § 284; Tac. H. 2, 49: levare,Ov. M. 12, 156; 15, 322: relevare,id. ib. 6, 354 al.: compescere,id. ib. 4, 102: deponere,id. ib. 4, 98: defendere fonte,Sil. 7, 170: avertere,id. 8, 572: reprimere,Curt. 7, 5, 7: pomi sitim faciunt,provoke,Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 135: sucus, qui sitim stimulet,id. 23, 7, 67, § 132: sitim adferunt (fici),id. 23, 7, 63, § 121: accendit,id. 11, 2, 1, § 3; Curt. 7, 5, 2: in lassitudine et in siti,Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111: excessit sitim potio,was more than enough for,Cels. 1, 2: ardere siti,Claud. in Ruf. 1, 104: sitis arida guttur Urit,Ov. M. 11, 129.
* Transf., of things (places, plants, etc.), dryness, drought, aridity (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): et Canis arenti torreat arva siti,Tib. 1, 4, 42; Verg. G. 2, 353: deserta siti regio,id. A. 4, 42: haurit sitis ignea campos,Stat. Th. 4, 699: sitis aestatis restinguitur fontibus, i. e. of plants,Col. 11, 3, 9; Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29 al.
* Trop., strong or ardent desire, greediness, thirst: cupiditatis sitis,Cic. Par. 1, 1, 6.—With gen. obj.: libertatis,Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66: cruoris,Ov. M. 13, 768: argenti sitis importuna famesque,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 23: sitis major famae quam virtutis,Juv. 10, 140: audiendi,Quint. 6, 3, 19.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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