θύελλα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰý.el.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰy.el.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.el.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθy.el.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθi.e.la/
Noun
θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θῠέλλης); first declension
- hurricane, squall
- Synonym: ζᾰ́λη (zắlē)
- thunderstorm
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ hē thŭ́ellă |
τὼ θῠέλλᾱ tṑ thŭéllā |
αἱ θῠ́ελλαι hai thŭ́ellai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θῠέλλης tês thŭéllēs |
τοῖν θῠέλλαιν toîn thŭéllain |
τῶν θῠελλῶν tôn thŭellôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θῠέλλῃ tēî thŭéllēi |
τοῖν θῠέλλαιν toîn thŭéllain |
ταῖς θῠέλλαις taîs thŭéllais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θῠ́ελλᾰν tḕn thŭ́ellăn |
τὼ θῠέλλᾱ tṑ thŭéllā |
τᾱ̀ς θῠέλλᾱς tā̀s thŭéllās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θῠ́ελλᾰ thŭ́ellă |
θῠέλλᾱ thŭéllā |
θῠ́ελλαι thŭ́ellai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θυέλλειος (thuélleios)
- θυελλήεις (thuellḗeis)
- θυελλίζω (thuellízō)
- θυελλόπους (thuellópous)
- θυελλοτόκος (thuellotókos)
- θυελλοφορέομαι (thuellophoréomai)
- θυελλώδης (thuellṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: θύελλα (thýella)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “θύελλα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562
Further reading
- “θύελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θύελλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “θύελλα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θύελλα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θύελλα (thúella), from θύω (thúō, “to rush in, storm, rage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθiela/
- Hyphenation: θύ‧ελ‧λα
Noun
θύελλα • (thýella) f (plural θύελλες)
- (meteorology) storm, tempest, gale, hurricane (strong winds with rain)
- Το ταβάνι κατέρρευσε λόγω της θύελλας.
- To taváni katérrefse lógo tis thýellas.
- The ceiling collapsed due to the storm.
- (figuratively) storm, barrage, slew, onslaught (strong amount)
- Θύελλα αντιδράσεων προκάλεσαν οι δηλώσεις του Πρωθυπουργού.
- Thýella antidráseon prokálesan oi dilóseis tou Prothypourgoú.
- The Prime Minister's comments caused a barrage of reactions.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θύελλα (thýella) | θύελλες (thýelles) |
| genitive | θύελλας (thýellas) θυέλλης (thyéllis) |
θυελλών (thyellón) |
| accusative | θύελλα (thýella) | θύελλες (thýelles) |
| vocative | θύελλα (thýella) | θύελλες (thýelles) |
Synonyms
- (storm, tempest): καταιγίδα f (kataigída), ανεμοστρόβιλος m (anemostróvilos), τυφώνας m (tyfónas), σίφουνας m (sífounas)
- (barrage, slew): μπαράζ n (baráz)
Derived terms
- θυελλώδης (thyellódis, “stormy”)
- χιονοθύελλα f (chionothýella, “snowstorm”)
- αμμοθύελλα (ammothýella, "sandstorm")