thirst
thirst
subs.
P. and V. δίψᾰ, ἡ (Aesch. Choe. 756, but the passage is doubtful), δίψος, τό (Aesch. Pers. 484, where there is a variant δίψῃ for δίψει).
Thirst for, Met.: see desire.
subs.
P. and V. δίψᾰ, ἡ (Aesch. Choe. 756, but the passage is doubtful), δίψος, τό (Aesch. Pers. 484, where there is a variant δίψῃ for δίψει).
Thirst for, Met.: see desire.
thirst
v. intrans.
P. and V. διψῆν (Soph. Frag.).
Thirst for: P. διψῆν (gen.); see desire.
v. intrans.
P. and V. διψῆν (Soph. Frag.).
Thirst for: P. διψῆν (gen.); see desire.
THIRST
s. sitis (PROP. and figuratively): cupiditas (figuratively desire); for anything alicujus rei. Thirst after liberty sitis libertatis: thirst after truth cupiditas veri videndi; studium veri reperiendi: to have a thirst after anything sitire aliquid: to have or suffer thirst sitire; siti cruciari (violent thirst): to die of thirst siti enecari mori: to cause or occasion thirst sitim facere gignere afferre stimulare acoendere: to quench thirst sitim restinguere exstinguere: to remove thirst sitim explere depellere reprimere; sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare (by a draught of cold water): he ought to quench his thirst only with cold water potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet.
s. sitis (PROP. and figuratively): cupiditas (figuratively desire); for anything alicujus rei. Thirst after liberty sitis libertatis: thirst after truth cupiditas veri videndi; studium veri reperiendi: to have a thirst after anything sitire aliquid: to have or suffer thirst sitire; siti cruciari (violent thirst): to die of thirst siti enecari mori: to cause or occasion thirst sitim facere gignere afferre stimulare acoendere: to quench thirst sitim restinguere exstinguere: to remove thirst sitim explere depellere reprimere; sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare (by a draught of cold water): he ought to quench his thirst only with cold water potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet.
v. sitire (PROP. and figuratively). to thirst violently siti cruciari; sitis fauces urit (poetical): figuratively to thirst after anything sitire aliquid; alicujus rei cupiditate flagrare; rem ardenter cupere.
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.
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 .
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.