καταιγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτα- (kata-, “down”) +‎ αἰγῐ́ς (aigís, “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 • (kataigís) 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 kataigís	τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε tṑ kataigíde	αἱ κᾰταιγῐ́δες hai kataigídes
Genitive	τῆς κᾰταιγῐ́δος tês kataigídos	τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν toîn kataigídoin	τῶν κᾰταιγῐ́δων tôn kataigídōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰταιγῐ́δῐ têi kataigídi	τοῖν κᾰταιγῐ́δοιν toîn kataigídoin	ταῖς κᾰταιγῐ́σῐ / κᾰταιγῐ́σῐν taîs kataigísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰ tḕn kataigída	τὼ κᾰταιγῐ́δε tṑ kataigíde	τᾱ̀ς κᾰταιγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kataigídas
Vocative	κᾰταιγῐ́ς kataigís	κᾰταιγῐ́δε kataigíde	κᾰταιγῐ́δες kataigídes
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 (kataigismós) (approximately)

Derived terms

• κᾰταιγῐ́ζω (kataigízō)

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