The corpus record

ζάλη

zale · ἡ

squall, storm, driving rain

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

squall, storm, driving rain, storm, storms, distresses

squall, storm, driving rain, A. Ag. 656, S. Aj. 352 (lyr.), etc.; κονιορτοῦ καὶ ζάλης ὑπὸ πνεύματος φερομένου Pl. R. 496d; ζάλῃ πνευμάτων by a storm of winds, Id. Ti. 43c; χειμὼν καὶ ζ. Hp. Insomn. 89; ζ. ἀνέμων Plu. Es. carn. 1 2.993e; βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης, of the fiery rain from Aetna, A. Pr. 373: metaph., ζάλαι storms, distresses, Pi. O. 12.12; ἡ τοῦ βίου ζ. Procop.Gaz. Ep. 47; λογισμῶν ζάλαι Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.211; οἴκου ζ., of women, Secund. Sent. 8.

In the wild

ζάλῃ · zalēi Aeschylus, Agamemnon 655–657
ζάλην · zalēn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 664–666
ζάλης · zalēs Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 372–374
ζάλης · zalēs Plato, Republic 6.496 (DIORISIS sentence 3833)
ζάλῃ · zalēi Plato, Timaeus 43 (DIORISIS sentence 308)
ζάληι · zalēi Plotinus, Enneads 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 281)

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Where it came from

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