δίψα
Ancient Greek
    
    Alternative forms
    
- δίψη (dípsē), δίψος (dípsos)
 
Etymology
    
According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
    
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /díp.sa/
 - (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdip.sa/
 - (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðip.sa/
 - (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðip.sa/
 - (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðip.sa/
 
Inflection
    
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῐ́ψᾰ hē dípsa  | 
τὼ δῐ́ψᾱ tṑ dípsā  | 
αἱ δῐ́ψαι hai dípsai  | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῐ́ψης tês dípsēs  | 
τοῖν δῐ́ψαιν toîn dípsain  | 
τῶν δῐψῶν tôn dipsôn  | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῐ́ψῃ têi dípsēi  | 
τοῖν δῐ́ψαιν toîn dípsain  | 
ταῖς δῐ́ψαις taîs dípsais  | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῐ́ψᾰν tḕn dípsan  | 
τὼ δῐ́ψᾱ tṑ dípsā  | 
τᾱ̀ς δῐ́ψᾱς tā̀s dípsās  | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́ψᾰ dípsa  | 
δῐ́ψᾱ dípsā  | 
δῐ́ψαι dípsai  | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
    
Further reading
    
- “δίψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - “δίψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
 - δίψα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
 - δίψα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
 - Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
 
Greek
    
    
Declension
    
Related terms
    
- αξεδίψαστα (axedípsasta, “unquenchably”)
 - αξεδίψαστος (axedípsastos, “unquenchable”, adjective)
 - διψασμένος (dipsasménos, “thirsty; eager”)
 - διψομανής m or f (dipsomanís, “dipsomaniac”)
 - διψομανία f (dipsomanía, “dipsomania”)
 - διψώ (dipsó)
 - διψώ, διψάω (dipsó, dipsáo, “to drink”)
 - ξεδιψώ (xedipsó, “to quench”)
 
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