The corpus record

καταιγ-ίς

kataigis · ἡ

squall descending from above, hurricane

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Where it lives

Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Isaias 11 · 4.19/10k
Psalmi 10 · 2.92/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

καταιγ-ίς · kataig-is — LSJ

squall descending from above, hurricane, gusts

squall descending from above, hurricane, Democr. 14, Arist. Mu. 395a5, AP 7.273 (Leon.), Corn. ND 9, Erot. s.v. πόνος, Gal. 18(2).178, D.C. 74.12, Lib. Or. 59.138: metaph., of gusts of passion (cf. sq. [καταιγισμός]), Phld. Herc. 1251.6; of battles, Tz. H. 1.984 (pl.).

In the wild

καταιγὶς · kataigis Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 74)
καταιγὶς · kataigis Septuaginta, Isaias 17
καταιγὶς · kataigis Septuaginta, Isaias 21
καταιγίς · kataigis Septuaginta, Isaias 28
καταιγὶς · kataigis Septuaginta, Isaias 28
καταιγὶς · kataigis Septuaginta, Isaias 28

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Where it came from

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