καταιγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰτ᾽ (kat᾽, “down”) +‎ αἰγῐ́ς (aigís, “storm”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κᾰταιγῐ́ς • (kataigís) f (genitive κᾰταιγῐ́δος); third declension

  1. a storm descending from above, a squall, a hurricane
    1. (figuratively) a “gust” of passion
    2. (figuratively) battle
      • John Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.984

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κᾰταιγῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰταιγῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰταιγῐ́ς
hē kataigís		 τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε
tṑ kataigíde		 αἱ κᾰταιγῐ́δες
hai kataigídes
Genitive τῆς κᾰταιγῐ́δος
tês kataigídos		 τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν
toîn kataigídoin		 τῶν κᾰταιγῐ́δων
tôn kataigídōn
Dative τῇ κᾰταιγῐ́δῐ
têi kataigídi		 τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν
toîn kataigídoin		 ταῖς κᾰταιγῐ́σῐ / κᾰταιγῐ́σῐν
taîs kataigísi(n)
Accusative τὴν κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰ
tḕn kataigída		 τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε
tṑ kataigíde		 τᾱ̀ς κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s kataigídas
Vocative κᾰταιγῐ́ς
kataigís		 κᾰταιγῐ́δε
kataigíde		 κᾰταιγῐ́δες
kataigídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • κᾰταιγῐ́ζω (kataigízō)

Descendants

References
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