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

  • ἄγκυρὰν τ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐχενηίδα, δεσμὸν ἀέλλησ, στρεπτῶν τ’ ἀγκίστρων ἰχθυπαγῆ στόματα, δαίμοσιν ἀγροδότῃσι θαλασσοπόροσ πόρε Βαίτων, γήραϊ νουσοφόρῳ βριθομένησ παλάμησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 27 1:1)
  • ὣσ ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ κονίσαλοσ ὄρνυτ’ ἀελλὴσ ἐρχομένων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. whirling motion

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION