Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • καὶ ὅτι παρεκελεύετο μὴ διέρχεσθαι τόπον, ἐφ’ ὃν ὄνοσ ὀκλάσῃ, καὶ τῶν διψίων ὑδάτων ἀπέχεσθαι καὶ πάσησ ἀπέχειν βλασφημίασ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 186:1)

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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