διψάς

See also: δίψας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δίψα (dípsa) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dip.sás/ → /ðipˈsas/ → /ðipˈsas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dip.sás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dipˈsas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðipˈsas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðipˈsas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðipˈsas/

Noun

διψᾰ́ς • (dipsás) f (genitive διψᾰ́δος); third declension

1. venomous serpent, whose bite caused intense thirst

Declension

Third declension of ἡ διψᾰ́ς; τῆς διψᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ διψᾰ́ς hē dipsás	τὼ διψᾰ́δε tṑ dipsáde	αἱ διψᾰ́δες hai dipsádes
Genitive	τῆς διψᾰ́δος tês dipsádos	τοῖν διψᾰ́δοιν toîn dipsádoin	τῶν διψᾰ́δων tôn dipsádōn
Dative	τῇ διψᾰ́δῐ têi dipsádi	τοῖν διψᾰ́δοιν toîn dipsádoin	ταῖς διψᾰ́σῐ / διψᾰ́σῐν taîs dipsási(n)
Accusative	τὴν διψᾰ́δᾰ tḕn dipsáda	τὼ διψᾰ́δε tṑ dipsáde	τᾱ̀ς διψᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s dipsádas
Vocative	διψᾰ́ς dipsás	διψᾰ́δε dipsáde	διψᾰ́δες dipsádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: dipsas
• → Translingual: Dipsas

References

• “διψάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διψάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διψάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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Greek

Verb

διψάς • (dipsás)

1. second-person singular present of διψώ (dipsó)