ἄδιψος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ δίψα (dípsa) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dip.sos/ → /ˈa.ðip.sos/ → /ˈa.ðip.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dip.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dip.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðip.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðip.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðip.sos/

Adjective

ἄδιψος • (ádipsos) m or f (neuter ἄδιψον); second declension

1. not thirsty, without thirst
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Epidemics 3.50-51:

     Τὴν Εὐρυάνακτος θυγατέρα, παρθένον, πῦρ ἔλαβεν. ἦν δὲ ἄδιψος διὰ τέλεος· γεύματα οὐ προσεδέχετο.

     Tḕn Euruánaktos thugatéra, parthénon, pûr élaben. ên dè ádipsos dià téleos; geúmata ou prosedékheto.

   1. quenching, satiating thirst
      • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, The Learned Banqueters 2.69f:

        ὁ δὲ καυλὸς τῆς θρίδακος ἄδιψος εἶναι δοκεῖ

        ho dè kaulòs tês thrídakos ádipsos eînai dokeî

   2. not causing thirst
2. (substantive) type of date that is gathered unripe

Declension

Second declension of ἄδιψος; ἄδιψον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄδιψος ádipsos	ἄδιψον ádipson		ἀδίψω adípsō	ἀδίψω adípsō		ἄδιψοι ádipsoi	ἄδιψᾰ ádipsă
Genitive		ἀδίψου adípsou	ἀδίψου adípsou		ἀδίψοιν adípsoin	ἀδίψοιν adípsoin		ἀδίψων adípsōn	ἀδίψων adípsōn
Dative		ἀδίψῳ adípsōi	ἀδίψῳ adípsōi		ἀδίψοιν adípsoin	ἀδίψοιν adípsoin		ἀδίψοις adípsois	ἀδίψοις adípsois
Accusative		ἄδιψον ádipson	ἄδιψον ádipson		ἀδίψω adípsō	ἀδίψω adípsō		ἀδίψους adípsous	ἄδιψᾰ ádipsă
Vocative		ἄδιψε ádipse	ἄδιψον ádipson		ἀδίψω adípsō	ἀδίψω adípsō		ἄδιψοι ádipsoi	ἄδιψᾰ ádipsă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀδίψως adípsōs			ἀδιψότερος adipsóteros			ἀδιψότᾰτος adipsótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀδιψέω (adipséō)
• ἀδιψάθεος (adipsátheos)

Descendants

• Latin: adipsatheon
• English: adipsia

References

• “ἄδιψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄδιψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄδιψος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδιψος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἄδιψος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011