Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄελλα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄελλα ἄελλας

Structure: ἀελλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/lw

Sense

  1. a stormy wind, whirlwind, eddy
  2. whirling motion

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ἐξαπίνησ ἐφάνησαν ξουθῇσι πτερύγεσσι δι’ αἰθέροσ ἀίξαντεσ, αὐτίκα δ’ ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων κατέπαυσαν ἀέλλασ, κύματα δ’ ἐστόρεσαν λευκῆσ ἁλὸσ ἐν πελάγεσσι, σήματα καλά, πόνου ἀπονόσφισιν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:4)
  • ἀτὰρ Διὸσ οὔ κεν ἑπέσθην νόσφιν, ἐπεὶ ζεφύροιο παραΐσσεσκον ἀέλλασ αἰέν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 5:11)
  • "Δαιμονίη, κενεὰσ μὲν ἐά πλάζεσθαι ἀέλλασ, ὧσ δὲ καὶ ἄγγελον ὄρνιν, ἐπεὶ μεταμώνια βάζεισ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 19:3)
  • μηδομένη δ’ ἄνυσιν τοῖο πλόου, ὦρσεν ἀέλλασ ἀντικρύ, ταῖσ αὖτισ ἀναρπάγδην φορέοντο νήσου ἔπι κραναῆσ Ἠλεκτρίδοσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 10:14)
  • πάντα δ’ ἀπειπάμενοσ, φόβον, ἐλπίδα, πόντον, ἀέλλασ, πιστὸν ὑπὲρ γαίησ ἴχνιον ἡδρασάμην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 70 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. whirling motion

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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