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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

  • νέοσ γὰρ ὢν καὶ ἀκμάζων πρὸσ συνουσιασμὸν ἠκύρωσε τῷ λογισμῷ τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:3)
  • κεστὸν ἔχω καἰ κέντρον ἄγω καὶ τόξον ἀείρω, κεστόν, ὅθεν φιλότητοσ ἐμῆσ ἐμὸν οἶστρον ἑλοῦσαι πολλάκισ ὠδίνουσι καὶ οὐ θνῄσκουσι γυναῖκεσ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 150)
  • ἀρχὴν δὲ ὑποψίασ τὰ Μεσσηνιακὰ παρέσχε, στασιασάντων γὰρ αὐτῶν ὁ μὲν Ἄρατοσ ὑστέρει βοηθῶν, ὁ δὲ Φίλιπποσ ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ πρότερον ἐλθὼν εἰσ τὴν πόλιν εὐθὺσ οἶστρόν τινα κατ’ ἀλλήλων ἐνέβαλε τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, ἰδίᾳ μὲν ἐρωτῶν τούσ στρατηγοὺσ τῶν Μεσσηνίων εἰ νόμουσ κατὰ τῶν πολλῶν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, ἰδίᾳ δὲ πάλιν τούσ τῶν πολλῶν προεστῶτασ εἰ χεῖρασ κατὰ τῶν τυραννούντων οὐκ ἔχουσιν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 49 2:1)
  • καὶ πολὺν ἔχουσαι σφυγμὸν καὶ οἶστρον ἐν ταῖσ ἀπολαύσεσι λαμβάνουσιν αὐτούσ, διατάσεισ δὲ καὶ πληγαὶ πόρων καὶ πνευμάτων ἐναπολήψεισ διαδέχονται, μὴ περιμένουσαι τὰσ κατὰ φύσιν ἐξαγωγάσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπιπολάζουσαι τοῖσ σώμασιν ὥσπερ ὑπεράντλοισ σκάφεσι, φορτίων ἐκβολῆσ οὐ περιττωμάτων δεομένοισ. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 22 5:1)
  • ἔχει δ’ ὑπὸ τὰ πτερύγια τὸν λεγόμενον οἶστρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 63 1:4)

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