Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tis/, [ˈsɪ.tɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tis/, [ˈsiː.tis]

Noun

sitis f ‎(genitive sitis); third declension

1. thirst

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī.

Derived terms

• sitiō

Descendants

References

• sitis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sitis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sitis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to allay one's hunger, thirst: famem, sitim explere
    
  • to become thirsty: sitim colligere
    
  • to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
    
  • (ambiguous) to suffer agonies of thirst: siti cruciari, premi
    
  • (ambiguous) to be able to endure hunger and thirst: famis et sitis patientem esse
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 568

Etymology 2

Inflected form of sum ‎(“I am”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.tis/, [ˈsiː.tɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tis/, [ˈsiː.tis]

Verb

sītis

1. second-person plural present active subjunctive of sum

Latvian

Participle

sitis (def. situšais)

1. having hit, having struck, having beaten; indefinite past active participle of sist 

Declension