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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

  • τὸν νεκρόν τισ ἀρτίωσ θάψασ βέβηκε κἀπὶ χρωτὶ διψίαν κόνιν παλύνασ κἀφαγιστεύσασ ἃ χρή· (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 2:9)
  • καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺσ διψίαν φέρει κόνιν, ἔκ τ’ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέασ ἄρδην πρόχου χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:8)

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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