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sĭtis , is (abl. site, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 3; acc. sitem, Prud. στεφ. 2, 250), f. etym. dub.; perh. akin with siccus,
I.thirst (class.; used only in sing.).
I. 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.—
B. 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.
II. 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.
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