δίψα, ης, ἡ,
thirst, δ. τε καὶ λιμός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.166; πεῖνα καὶ δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 585a; δίψῃ ξυνέχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of trees, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 231.6, “PFlor.” 176.12 (3rd c.AD): _plural_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1154b3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive, thirst for, ποτοῦ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 437d: _metaphorically_, ἀοιδᾶν δ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.104.] Refs 5th c.BC+]—The form δίψη occurs in [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.339 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+], and in codices of [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 756 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare δίψος.