Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀελλαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀελλαῖος ἀελλαῖη ἀελλαῖον

Structure: ἀελλαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/ella

Sense

  1. storm-swift

Examples

  • εἴθ’ ἀελλαία ταχύρρωστοσ πελειὰσ αἰθερίασ νεφέλασ κύρσαιμ’ ἄνωθ’ ἀγώνων αἰωρήσασα τοὐμὸν ὄμμα. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 24)

Synonyms

  1. storm-swift

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

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