Ἄελλα
whirlwind
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Apr 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A dense mass of winds.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄελλα· ἀνέμων συστροφή.
Betacode
*)/aella: a)ne/mwn sustrofh/.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α546Ἀελλάδες ἵπποιstorm-swift mares[Meaning] the fast [ones]. This too [is] an expression from tragedy.
- α547Ἀελλόπουςstorm-footed[Meaning she who/that which is] swift with respect to the feet.
- αι246Αἰόλλειturns, variegates[Meaning he/she/it] varies [i.e. mixes colours or coloured substances, changes colour], turns, confuses [sc. the issue].
- αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering[Meaning] easily-moved/agile, multicoloured [or: intricate, or: changeable]. Or swift; [so called] from the whirlwind [hurricane or tornado], which comes from ‘to blow’ and ‘to wind/roll up’.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Nov 2013
- tweaked note and link — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — Samuel Huskey
- Added link. — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict