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οἶστρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἶστρος οἴστρου

Structure: οἰστρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gadfly, breese
  2. an insect which infests tuna
  3. a small insectivorous bird, perhaps the willow warbler

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνταῦθα τεύξασ ναὸν ἵδρυσαι βρέτασ, ἐπώνυμον γῆσ Ταυρικῆσ πόνων τε σῶν, οὓσ ἐξεμόχθεισ περιπολῶν καθ’ Ἑλλάδα οἴστροισ Ἐρινύων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 10:3)

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