θύελλα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).
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 (zálē)
- thunderstorm
Inflection
First declension of ἡ θύελλᾰ; τῆς θυέλλης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ θύελλᾰ hē thúella | τὼ θυέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā | αἱ θύελλαι hai thúellai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς θυέλλης tês thuéllēs | τοῖν θυέλλαιν toîn thuéllain | τῶν θυελλῶν tôn thuellôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ θυέλλῃ têi thuéllēi | τοῖν θυέλλαιν toîn thuéllain | ταῖς θυέλλαις taîs thuéllais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν θύελλᾰν tḕn thúellan | τὼ θυέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā | τᾱ̀ς θυέλλᾱς tā̀s thuéllās | ||||||||||
Vocative | θύελλᾰ thúella | θυέλλᾱ thuéllā | θύελλαι thúellai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θυέλλειος (thuélleios)
- θυελλήεις (thuellḗeis)
- θυελλίζω (thuellízō)
- θυελλόπους (thuellópous)
- θυελλοτόκος (thuellotókos)
- θυελλοφορέομαι (thuellophoréomai)
- θυελλώδης (thuellṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: θύελλα (thýella)
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
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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
declension of θύελλα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | θύελλα • | θύελλες • |
genitive | θύελλας • θυέλλης • | θυελλών • |
accusative | θύελλα • | θύελλες • |
vocative | θύελλα • | θύελλες • |
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”)