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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

  • Γίγνεται ὕδρωψ καὶ ἐξαπίνησ κοτὲ ἐπ’ ἀθρόῃ ψυχροποσίῃ, ἢν ὑπὸ δίψιοσ· χανδὸν πολὺ ψυχρὸν ἐγχέ ὕδωρ, οἶτα τὸ ὑγρὸν ἐσ περιτόναιον ἐνεχθῇ δι’ ἃ δὲ τῇσ͵ʹ κοιλίῃσι τὸ ἔμφυτον θερμὸν κατεψύχθη, ἔπειτα εἰσ τοὺσ κενεῶνασ σταγόνεσ ἐκρέουσι, αἳ πρόσθεν εἰσ διαπνοὴν ἐξηερούμεναι διεφοροῦντο. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 29)

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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