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.EN1154b3.
2. c. gen., thirst for, “ποτοῦ” Pl. R.437d: metaph., “ἀοιδᾶν δ.” Pi.P.9.104.—The form δίψη occurs in Opp.C.4.339, and in codd. of A.Ch.756; cf. δίψος.