δίψα

English (LSJ)

ης, ἡ,

   A thirst, δ. τε καὶ λιμός Il.19.166; πεῖνα καὶ δ. Pl.R.585a; δίψῃ ξυνέχεσθαι Th.2.49, etc.; of trees, Antiph.231.6, PFlor.176.12 (iii A. D.): pl., Arist.EN1154b3.    2 c. gen., thirst for, ποτοῦ Pl. R.437d: metaph., ἀοιδᾶν δ. Pi.P.9.104.—The form δίψη occurs in Opp.C.4.339, and in codd. of A.Ch.756; cf. δίψος.