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καταιγισμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταιγισμός καταιγισμοῦ

Structure: καταιγισμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. storm descending from above, sensual desires

Declension

Second 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

  • οὐ μόνοσ δ’ Ἀρίστιπποσ καὶ οἱ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν κατὰ κίνησιν ἡδονὴν ἠσπάζοντο, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἐπίκουροσ καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τούτου, καὶ ἵνα μὴ τοὺσ καταιγισμοὺσ λέγω καὶ τὰ ἐπεντρώματα,1 ἅπερ πολλάκισ προφέρεται ὁ Ἐπίκουροσ, καὶ τοὺσ γαργαλισμοὺσ καὶ τὰ νύγματα ἃ ἐν τῷ περὶ Τέλουσ εἴρηκεν, τούτων μνησθήσομαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 671)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔξωθεν μόνον, ὥσπερ ἡ θάλασσα, χειμῶνασ ἴσχει καὶ καταιγισμοὺσ τὸ σῶμα, πλείονασ δὲ ταραχὰσ ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ μείζονασ ἀναδίδωσιν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 5 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. storm descending from above

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