Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄδιψος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδιψος ἄδιψη ἄδιψον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + διψ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/ya

Sense

  1. not suffering from thirst

Examples

  • "τὰ δ’ ἄλιμα ταῦτα καὶ ἄδιψα φάρμακα μᾶλλον ἢ σιτία πυνθάνομαι, καὶ μέλι καὶ τυρόν τινα βαρβαρικὸν δέχεσθαι καὶ σπέρματα πάμπολλα τῶν οὐκ εὐπορίστων. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 14 10:3)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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