δίψα,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. EN 1154b3 .
2. c. gen.,thirst for,
ποτοῦ
Pl. R. 437d
: metaph., ἀοιδᾶν δ.
Pi. P. 9.104
.—The formδίψηoccurs in Opp. C. 4.339 , and in codd. of A. Ch. 756 ; cf.δίψος.