καταιγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτα- (kăta-, “down”) +‎ αἰγῐ́ς (aigĭ́s, “storm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tai̯.ɡís/ → /ka.tɛˈʝis/ → /ka.teˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tai̯.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.tɛˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.tɛˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈʝis/

Noun

κᾰταιγῐ́ς • (kătaigĭ́s) f (genitive κᾰταιγῐ́δος); third declension

1. a storm descending from above, a squall, a hurricane
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Universe 395Α.5
   • Palatine Anthology 7.273
   1. (figuratively) a “gust” of passion
   2. (figuratively) battle
      • John Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.984

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰταιγῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰταιγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰταιγῐ́ς hē kătaigĭ́s	τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε tṑ kătaigĭ́de	αἱ κᾰταιγῐ́δες hai kătaigĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κᾰταιγῐ́δος tês kătaigĭ́dos	τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν toîn kătaigĭ́doin	τῶν κᾰταιγῐ́δων tôn kătaigĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰταιγῐ́δῐ têi kătaigĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν toîn kătaigĭ́doin	ταῖς κᾰταιγῐ́σῐ / κᾰταιγῐ́σῐν taîs kătaigĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰ tḕn kătaigĭ́dă	τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε tṑ kătaigĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kătaigĭ́dăs
Vocative	κᾰταιγῐ́ς kătaigĭ́s	κᾰταιγῐ́δε kătaigĭ́de	κᾰταιγῐ́δες kătaigĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

• κᾰταιγῐσμός (kătaigĭsmós) (approximately)

Derived terms

• κᾰταιγῐ́ζω (kătaigĭ́zō)

Descendants

• Greek: καταιγίδα (kataigída)
• Latin: cataegis

References

• “καταιγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καταιγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette