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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οἶστρος οί̓στρω οῖ̓στροι
Genitive οί̓στρου οί̓στροιν οί̓στρων
Dative οί̓στρῳ οί̓στροιν οί̓στροις
Accusative οῖ̓στρον οί̓στρω οί̓στρους
Vocative οῖ̓στρε οί̓στρω οῖ̓στροι

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

  • ταῦτα τῆσ προκοπῆσ ἀπαυγασμούσ τινασ εἶναι λέγουσιν, οἴστρουσ δὲ καὶ πτοίασ καὶ φυγὰσ ἀγεννεῖσ καὶ παιδικὰσ περιχαρείασ καὶ ὀλοφύρσεισ ἐνυπνίων οἰκτρῶν καὶ ἀλλοκότων ῥαχίαισ τέ τισι καὶ σάλοισ ἐοικέναι, ψυχῆσ οὔπω τὸ κοσμοῦν ἐχούσησ οἰκεῖον, ἀλλὰ πλαττομένησ ἔτι· (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 12 13:1)

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