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 (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)
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
| 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")