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ἄελλα

aella

storm wind

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1. ἄελλα · aella — Beekes

ἄελλα [f.] ‘storm wind’ (I.). <1? *h,uel-> eVAR ἀέλλη (II 374). eDIAL Aeol. αὔελλα. *DER Ἀελλώ, -ovc [f] name of a Harpy (Hes.); ἀελλαῖος, also ἀελλάς ‘fast like a storm’ (S.), ἀελλήεις (Nonn.), ἀελλώδης (sch. 11.). Bird name ἀελλός (H.) and ἄελλον- ταχύ ‘quick’ (EM). Note ἀελλής (of κονίσαλος Γ 13), perhaps from » ἀολλής, but rather not after ἄελλα. Verb ἀέλλεται- πνεῖ (EM). *ETYM Cf. θύελλα. Direct derivation fron … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄελλα, p. 72]

2. ἄελλα · aella — Frisk

ἄελλα, ep. ἀέλλη, 80]. αὔελλα "Sturmwind’. Ableitungen: Ἀελλώ, — [Frisk, s.v. ἄελλα, p. 54]

3. ἄελλα · aella — LSJ

stormy wind, whirlwind

stormy wind, whirlwind, ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀτάλαντοι ἀέλλῃ Il. 13.795; ἄελλαι παντοίων ἀνέμων Od. 5.292, 304; of dust, ὕψι δʼ ἀέλλη σκίδνατο Il. 16.374, cf. 13.334; in late Prose, Olymp. in Mete. 13.18.

2 whirling motion

metaph., of any whirling motion, ὠκυδρόμοις ἀ., of an animal, E. Ba. 873; ἄστρων ὑπʼ ἀέλλαισι Id. Hel. 1498.—Cf. ἀείλη.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄελλα (scan p. 72; entry #162).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄελλα (scan p. 38; entry #141).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄελλα (scan p. 54; entry #142).

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