Noun: sitis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Sample Sentences
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Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
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Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,
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Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo
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currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;
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[…]
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Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900
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When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
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And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song,
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Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,
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From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:
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[…] [c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.327–330]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *(k)sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”), from *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”), with the Proto-Indo-European cluster *dʰgʷʰ- metathesizing into pre-Italic *gʷʰdʰ-, yielding *kts- and finally Latin s-. Cognates include Sanskrit क्षिति॑ (kṣíti, “perishing, downfall”) and Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthĭ́sĭs, “decrease, emaciation”).
Verbs referencing "sitis"
Spanish Nouns
sed, French Nouns
soif, Italian Nouns
sete, Romanian Nouns
sete, Asturian Nouns
sede, Portuguese Nouns
sede, Ancient Greek Nouns
φθίσις.
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