ἄελλα
aella
stormy wind, whirlwind
Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄελλα, Ep. ἀέλλη, ης, Aeol. αὔελλα 125 (αὐεοῦλλαι cod. ), ἡ, A. 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, in Mete. 13.18. 2. metaph., of any whirling motion, ὠκυδρόμοις ἀ., of an animal, Ba. 873; ἄστρων ὑπʼ ἀέλλαισι Hel. 1498.—Cf. ἀείλη.
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