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διψάω

dipsao

thirst

Appears 28 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διψάω, late Ep. διψ-ώω Tryph. 548, AP 11.57 (Agath.): Ion. διψ-έω Archil. 68; part. διψεῦσα AP 6.21; contr. 3sg. διψῇ Pi. N. 3.6, Pl. Phlb. 35b; inf. διψῆν Hdt. 2.24, S. Fr. 735, Ar. Nu. 441, etc.: impf. 3sg. ἐδίψη Hp. Epid. 3.1.βʹ, γʹ (διψᾷς, -ᾷ, -ᾶν only in later writers, APl. 16.137 (Phil.), Pl. Ax. 366a, LXXIs. 29.8, Gal. 5.837): fut. -ήσω X. Mem. 2.1.17: aor. ἐδίψησα Pl. R. 562c: pf. δεδίψηκα Hp. Cord. 2, Plu. Pomp. 73:—Med. (v. infr.):—Α. thirst, στεῦτο δὲ διψάων [ᾱ] Od. 11.584, etc.; of the ground, to be thirsty, parched, Hdt. 2.24; δ. ὑπὸ καύματος Alc. 39.2; of trees, Thphr. CP 3.22.5:—Med., διψώμεθα Hermipp. 25. 2. metaph., δ. τινός thirst after a thing, Pi. N. 3.6; ἐλευθερίας Pl. R. 562c: later c. acc., δ. Χῖον Teles p.8 H.; φόνον APl. 16.137 (Phil.); δικαιοσύνην Ev.Matt. 5.6; αἷμα J. BJ 1.32.2; also δ. πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXXPs. 41(42).2: c. dat., ὕδατι ib.Ex. 17.3: c. inf., διψῶ χαρίζεσθαι ὑμῖν X. Cyr. 5.1.1; ἀκρατῶς ἐδίψη οἴνου πίνειν Ael. VH 2.41, etc.
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