θύελλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰý.el.la/ → /ˈθy.el.la/ → /ˈθi.e.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰý.el.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.el.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/

Noun

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

1. hurricane, squall

   Synonym: ζᾰ́λη (zálē)

2. thunderstorm

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ; τῆς θῠέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ hē thúella	τὼ θῠέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā	αἱ θῠ́ελλαι hai thúellai
Genitive	τῆς θῠέλλης tês thuéllēs	τοῖν θῠέλλαιν toîn thuéllain	τῶν θῠελλῶν tôn thuellôn
Dative	τῇ θῠέλλῃ têi thuéllēi	τοῖν θῠέλλαιν toîn thuéllain	ταῖς θῠέλλαις taîs thuéllais
Accusative	τὴν θῠ́ελλᾰν tḕn thúellan	τὼ θῠέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā	τᾱ̀ς θῠέλλᾱς tā̀s thuéllās
Vocative	θῠ́ελλᾰ thúella	θῠέλλᾱ thuéllā	θῠ́ελλαι 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)

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)

1. (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.

2. (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 (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")