δίψακος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δίψᾰ (dípsa, “thirst”) +‎ -ᾰκος (-akos).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

δίψακος • (dípsakos) m (genitive δίψακου); second declension (Koine)

1. (pathology) diabetes, attended with violent thirst
2. teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

   Synonym: ὀνοκᾰ́ρδῐον (onokárdion)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δίψακος; τοῦ διψάκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δίψακος ho dípsakos	οἱ δίψακοι hoi dípsakoi
Genitive	τοῦ διψάκου toû dipsákou	τῶν διψάκων tôn dipsákōn
Dative	τῷ διψάκῳ tôi dipsákōi	τοῖς διψάκοις toîs dipsákois
Accusative	τὸν δίψακον tòn dípsakon	τοὺς διψάκους toùs dipsákous
Vocative	δίψακε dípsake	δίψακοι dípsakoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: dipsacos
  • → Italian: dipsaco
  • Translingual: Dipsacus

References

• “δίψακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίψακος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette