"θύελλα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See θύελλα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʰý.el.la/, /ˈθy.el.la/, /ˈθi.e.la/, /tʰý.el.la/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtʰy.el.la/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈθy.el.la/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈθy.el.la/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈθi.e.la/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|θῠέλλης|f|first}} θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θῠέλλης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|θύ˘ελλᾰ|ης}} Forms: thúella [romanization], θῠέλλης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ [nominative, singular], θῠέλλᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ θῠ́ελλαι [nominative, plural], τῆς θῠέλλης [genitive, singular], θῠέλλαιν [dual, genitive], θῠελλῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ θῠέλλῃ [dative, singular], θῠέλλαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς θῠέλλαις [dative, plural], τὴν θῠ́ελλᾰν [accusative, singular], θῠέλλᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς θῠέλλᾱς [accusative, plural], θῠ́ελλᾰ [singular, vocative], θῠέλλᾱ [dual, vocative], θῠ́ελλαι [plural, vocative]
  1. hurricane, squall Synonyms: ζᾰ́λη
    Sense id: en-θύελλα-grc-noun-8E5khuHv Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Atmospheric phenomena Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 74 26 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 50 50
  2. thunderstorm
    Sense id: en-θύελλα-grc-noun-491v24oH Categories (other): Atmospheric phenomena Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: θυέλλειος (thuélleios), θυελλήεις (thuellḗeis), θυελλίζω (thuellízō), θυελλόπους (thuellópous), θυελλοτόκος (thuellotókos), θυελλοφορέομαι (thuellophoréomai), θυελλώδης (thuellṓdēs)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuélleios",
      "word": "θυέλλειος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellḗeis",
      "word": "θυελλήεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellízō",
      "word": "θυελλίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellópous",
      "word": "θυελλόπους"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellotókos",
      "word": "θυελλοτόκος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellophoréomai",
      "word": "θυελλοφορέομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "thuellṓdēs",
      "word": "θυελλώδης"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "θύελλα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: θύελλα (thýella)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: θύελλα (thýella)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thúella",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ",
      "roman": "hē thŭ́ellă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ θῠ́ελλαι",
      "roman": "hai thŭ́ellai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς θῠέλλης",
      "roman": "tês thŭéllēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλαιν",
      "roman": "thŭéllain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠελλῶν",
      "roman": "thŭellôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ θῠέλλῃ",
      "roman": "têi thŭéllēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλαιν",
      "roman": "thŭéllain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς θῠέλλαις",
      "roman": "taîs thŭéllais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν θῠ́ελλᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn thŭ́ellăn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς θῠέλλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s thŭéllās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠ́ελλᾰ",
      "roman": "thŭ́ellă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠ́ελλαι",
      "roman": "thŭ́ellai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θῠέλλης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θῠέλλης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θύ˘ελλᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "grc:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "hurricane, squall"
      ],
      "id": "en-θύελλα-grc-noun-8E5khuHv",
      "links": [
        [
          "hurricane",
          "hurricane"
        ],
        [
          "squall",
          "squall"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ζᾰ́λη"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "grc:Atmospheric phenomena",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunderstorm"
      ],
      "id": "en-θύελλα-grc-noun-491v24oH",
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderstorm",
          "thunderstorm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰý.el.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθi.e.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰý.el.la/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʰy.el.la/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθi.e.la/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θύελλα"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Wind",
    "grc:Atmospheric phenomena"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "thuélleios",
      "word": "θυέλλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellḗeis",
      "word": "θυελλήεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellízō",
      "word": "θυελλίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellópous",
      "word": "θυελλόπους"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellotókos",
      "word": "θυελλοτόκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellophoréomai",
      "word": "θυελλοφορέομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thuellṓdēs",
      "word": "θυελλώδης"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: θύελλα (thýella)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thúella",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ θῠ́ελλᾰ",
      "roman": "hē thŭ́ellă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ θῠ́ελλαι",
      "roman": "hai thŭ́ellai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς θῠέλλης",
      "roman": "tês thŭéllēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλαιν",
      "roman": "thŭéllain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠελλῶν",
      "roman": "thŭellôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ θῠέλλῃ",
      "roman": "têi thŭéllēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλαιν",
      "roman": "thŭéllain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς θῠέλλαις",
      "roman": "taîs thŭéllais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν θῠ́ελλᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn thŭ́ellăn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς θῠέλλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s thŭéllās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠ́ελλᾰ",
      "roman": "thŭ́ellă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠέλλᾱ",
      "roman": "thŭéllā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θῠ́ελλαι",
      "roman": "thŭ́ellai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "θῠέλλης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θῠέλλης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "θύ˘ελλᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hurricane, squall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hurricane",
          "hurricane"
        ],
        [
          "squall",
          "squall"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ζᾰ́λη"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thunderstorm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderstorm",
          "thunderstorm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰý.el.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθi.e.la/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰý.el.la/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʰy.el.la/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθy.el.la/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθi.e.la/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θύελλα"
}

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