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δίψιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίψιος δίψιη δίψιον

Structure: διψι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/ya

Sense

  1. thirsty, athirst, thirsty, dry, parched

Examples

  • μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι κάσισ πηλοῦ ξύνουροσ διψία κόνισ τάδε, ὡσ οὔτ’ ἄναυδοσ οὔτε σοι δαίων φλόγα ὕλησ ὀρείασ σημανεῖ καπνῷ πυρόσ, ἀλλ’ ἢ τὸ χαίρειν μᾶλλον ἐκβάξει λέγων ‐ τὸν ἀντίον δὲ τοῖσδ’ ἀποστέργω λόγον· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode2)

Synonyms

  1. thirsty

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

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