ἄελλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀέλλη (aéllē), ἀέλλης (aéllēs) — Epic
• αὔελλα (aúella) — Aeolic

Etymology

Possibly from *ἄϝελ-ι̯α (*áwel-i̯a), related to Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Cognates include Welsh awel.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.el.la/ → /ˈa.el.la/ → /ˈa.e.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.el.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.el.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.el.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.el.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.e.la/

Noun

ἄελλᾰ • (áella) f (genitive ἀέλλης); first declension

1. stormwind, whirlwind
2. (figurative) anything in whirling motion

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄελλᾰ; τῆς ἀέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄελλᾰ hē áella	τὼ ἀέλλᾱ tṑ aéllā	αἱ ἄελλαι hai áellai
Genitive	τῆς ἀέλλης tês aéllēs	τοῖν ἀέλλαιν toîn aéllain	τῶν ἀελλῶν tôn aellôn
Dative	τῇ ἀέλλῃ têi aéllēi	τοῖν ἀέλλαιν toîn aéllain	ταῖς ἀέλλαις taîs aéllais
Accusative	τὴν ἄελλᾰν tḕn áellan	τὼ ἀέλλᾱ tṑ aéllā	τᾱ̀ς ἀέλλᾱς tā̀s aéllās
Vocative	ἄελλᾰ áella	ἀέλλᾱ aéllā	ἄελλαι áellai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θύελλα (thúella)

Related terms

• ἄημι (áēmi)

Further reading

• “ἄελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄελλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄελλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN