θύελλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰý.el.la/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.ɛl.la/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.el.la/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.el.la/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.e.la/

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Noun

θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θυέλλης); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θύελλᾰ; τῆς θυέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θυέλλειος (thuélleios)
θυελλήεις (thuellḗeis)
θυελλίζω (thuellízō)
θυελλόπους (thuellópous)
θυελλοτόκος (thuellotókos)
θυελλοφορέομαι (thuellophoréomai)
θυελλώδης (thuellṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: θύελλα (thýella)

References

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

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 θυελλας. ― To taváni katérrefse lógo tis thyellas. ― 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

	singular	plural
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”)

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