λαῖλαψ, ᾰπος, ἡ,
furious storm, hurricane, βαῖνον ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσοι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.375; κελαινῇ λ. ἶσος 11.747; ἄνεμος σὺν λαίλαπι πολλῇ 17.57; Ζέφυρος βαθείῃ λ. τύπτων 11.306; Ζέφυρος μεγάλῃ σὺν λ. θύων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.408, compare 426; ὅτε τε Ζεὺς λαίλαπα τείνῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.365; ὦρσεν ἔπι ζαῆν ἄνεμον.. λ. θεσπεσίῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.314, compare 9.68; ὡς δ᾽ ὑπὸ λαίλαπι.. βέβριθε χθών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.384, compare 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.15; Νότου λαίλαπι 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 113; λαίλαπι χειμωνοτύπῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 33 (_anapaest meter_), cf. LXX.Job.21.18, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.11.6; _accusative_ to 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395a7 ] LXX+8th c.BC+], a whirlwind sweeping upwards: metaphorically, ἔτλης λαίλαπα δυσμενέων [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.147 (1st c.BC: Archias).] Refs 1st c.BC+]—Not found in early Prose, but common later,[[compare λ. ἀνέμου NT.Mark.4.37, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 28; spelt λαῖλαμψ “Sammelb.” 4324.15 ] NT+1st c.AD+]:—a form λαιλαπετός, ὁ, occurs in [[ Scholia A 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.495, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]