θύελλα

Ancient Greek

From θύω (thúō, “to storm, to rage”), with a suffix based on ἄελλα (áella, “whirlwind”).

θύελλα • (thúella) f (genitive θῠέλλης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θύελλᾰ hē thúella	τὼ θυέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā	αἱ θύελλαι hai thúellai
Genitive	τῆς θυέλλης tês thuéllēs	τοῖν θυέλλαιν toîn thuéllain	τῶν θυελλῶν tôn thuellôn
Dative	τῇ θυέλλῃ têi thuéllēi	τοῖν θυέλλαιν toîn thuéllain	ταῖς θυέλλαις taîs thuéllais
Accusative	τὴν θύελλᾰν tḕn thúellan	τὼ θυέλλᾱ tṑ thuéllā	τᾱ̀ς θυέλλᾱς tā̀s thuéllās
Vocative	θύελλᾰ thúella	θυέλλᾱ thuéllā	θύελλαι thúellai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Ancient Greek θύελλα (thúella), from θύω (thúō, “to rush in, storm, rage”).

θύελλα • (thýella) f (plural θύελλες)

(meteorology) storm, tempest, gale, hurricane (strong winds with rain)
Το ταβάνι κατέρρευσε λόγω της θύελλας.
To taváni katérrefse lógo tis thýellas.
The ceiling collapsed due to the storm.
(figuratively) storm, barrage, slew, onslaught (strong amount)
Θύελλα αντιδράσεων προκάλεσαν οι δηλώσεις του Πρωθυπουργού.
Thýella antidráseon prokálesan oi dilóseis tou Prothypourgoú.
The Prime Minister's comments caused a barrage of reactions.

declension of θύελλα

(storm, tempest): καταιγίδα f (kataigída), ανεμοστρόβιλος m (anemostróvilos), τυφώνας m (tyfónas), σίφουνας m (sífounas)
(barrage, slew): μπαράζ n (baráz)

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