Sitis, huius sitis, fœm. ge. Plin. Thitste or desire to drinke: Per translation a great appetite or greedie desite of any thing.Deserta siti regio. Vir. A countrey vnhabitable by reason of drought.Anhela sitis. Lucret. Great thirsc cansing one to pant.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sĭtis, is (abl. site, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 3; acc. sitem, Prud. stef. 2, 250), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin with siccus], 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,