sitiēns entis, adj.
P. of sitio, thirsting, thirsty, dry, athirst : ut ipse ad portam sitiens pervenerim: (pocula) arenti sitientes hausimus ore, O.: Tantalus, H.— Dry, parched, arid, without moisture : hortus, O.: Afri, V.: Canicula, parching , O.—Fig., thirsting for, desiring eagerly, greedy : amator, O.: venire ad sitientīs aurīs, eager (for news) virtutis.