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.

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 • (dĭ́psă) f (genitive δῐ́ψης); first declension

1. thirst

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐ́ψᾰ; τῆς δῐ́ψης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐ́ψᾰ hē dĭ́psă	τὼ δῐ́ψᾱ tṑ dĭ́psā	αἱ δῐ́ψαι hai dĭ́psai
Genitive	τῆς δῐ́ψης tês dĭ́psēs	τοῖν δῐ́ψαιν toîn dĭ́psain	τῶν δῐψῶν tôn dĭpsôn
Dative	τῇ δῐ́ψῃ têi dĭ́psēi	τοῖν δῐ́ψαιν toîn dĭ́psain	ταῖς δῐ́ψαις taîs dĭ́psais
Accusative	τὴν δῐ́ψᾰν tḕn dĭ́psăn	τὼ δῐ́ψᾱ tṑ dĭ́psā	τᾱ̀ς δῐ́ψᾱς tā̀s dĭ́psās
Vocative	δῐ́ψᾰ dĭ́psă	δῐ́ψᾱ dĭ́psā	δῐ́ψαι dĭ́psai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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)

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 (2006–2025)

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”)