καταιγισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταιγίζω (kataigízō, “I rush down like a storm”), from καταιγίς (kataigís, “a storm from above”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tai̯.ɡiz.mós/ → /ka.tɛ.ʝizˈmos/ → /ka.te.ʝizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tai̯.ɡiz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tɛ.ɡizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tɛ.ʝizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.te.ʝizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.te.ʝizˈmos/

Noun

κᾰταιγισμός • (kătaigismós) m (genitive κᾰταιγισμοῦ); second declension

1. storm descending from above
2. sensual desires
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 546E
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.1090B
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 413

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ καταιγισμός; τοῦ καταιγισμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καταιγισμός ho kataigismós	τὼ καταιγισμώ tṑ kataigismṓ	οἱ καταιγισμοί hoi kataigismoí
Genitive	τοῦ καταιγισμοῦ toû kataigismoû	τοῖν καταιγισμοῖν toîn kataigismoîn	τῶν καταιγισμῶν tôn kataigismôn
Dative	τῷ καταιγισμῷ tôi kataigismôi	τοῖν καταιγισμοῖν toîn kataigismoîn	τοῖς καταιγισμοῖς toîs kataigismoîs
Accusative	τὸν καταιγισμόν tòn kataigismón	τὼ καταιγισμώ tṑ kataigismṓ	τοὺς καταιγισμούς toùs kataigismoús
Vocative	καταιγισμέ kataigismé	καταιγισμώ kataigismṓ	καταιγισμοί kataigismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καταιγισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καταιγισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette