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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

  • καὶ ἄλλουσ δὲ ἀδίψουσ ἀσκῆσαι τοὺσ ἐρευνησομένουσ τὰσ ἐν Λιβύῃ ψάμμουσ, ὧν ὀλίγοι διεσώθησαν, οἶδα δὲ καὶ τοὺσ περὶ Μόσσυνον τῆσ Θρᾴκησ βοῦσ, οἳ ἰχθῦσ ἐσθίουσι παραβαλλομένουσ αὐτοῖσ εἰσ τὰσ φάτνασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 35 3:1)

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

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