δίψα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δίψη (dípsē), δίψος (dípsos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek, based on an analysis δίπ-σα (díp-sa) lacking clear semantic and morphological correspondences in other Indo-European branches, as well as the existence of variants with φ and β.^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /díp.sa/ → /ˈðip.sa/ → /ˈðip.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /díp.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdip.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðip.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðip.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðip.sa/

Noun

δῐ́ψᾰ • (dípsa) f (genitive δῐ́ψης); first declension

1. thirst

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ δῐ́ψᾰ; τῆς δῐ́ψης (Attic)

Derived terms

• διψακερός (dipsakerós)
• δίψακος (dípsakos)
• διψαλέος (dipsaléos)
• διψάς (dipsás)
• διψάω (dipsáō)
• διψηρός (dipsērós)
• δίψησις (dípsēsis)
• διψητικός (dipsētikós)
• δίψιος (dípsios)
• διψοποιός (dipsopoiós)
• διψοσύνη (dipsosúnē)
• διψώδης (dipsṓdēs)

 

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δίψᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

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)

Greek

Noun

δίψα • (dípsa) f (uncountable)

1. thirst
2. (figuratively) lust, craving, thirst, eagerness

Declension

Declension of δίψα

	singular
nominative	δίψα (dípsa)
genitive	δίψας (dípsas)
accusative	δίψα (dípsa)
vocative	δίψα (dípsa)

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”)