οἶστρος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
οἶστρος
οἴστρου
Structure:
οἰστρ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- gadfly, breese
- an insect which infests tuna
- 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.
- καὶ σβέσαι τὰσ τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονὰσ καὶ τὰσ τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνασ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσασ καταπαλαῖσαι καὶ τῇ καλοκαγαθίᾳ τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀποπτύσαι πάσασ τὰσ τῶν παθῶν ἐπικρατείασ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:18)
- μάκαρεσ οἳ μετρίασ θεοῦ μετά τε σωφροσύνασ μετέ‐ σχον λέκτρων Ἀφροδίτασ, γαλανείᾳ χρησάμενοι μανιάδων οἴστρων, ὅθι δὴ δίδυμ’ Ἔρωσ ὁ χρυσοκόμασ τόξ’ ἐντείνεται χαρίτων, τὸ μὲν ἐπ’ εὐαίωνι πότμῳ, τὸ δ’ ἐπὶ συγχύσει βιοτᾶσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, strophe 11)
- τοῦτο τὸ ψεῦδοσ ἰὸν ἔχει, νέμεται τὴν ψυχήν, ἐξίστησιν, οὐκ ἐᾷ καθεύδειν, οἴστρων ἐμπίπλησιν, ὠθεῖ κατὰ πετρῶν, ἄγχει, τὴν παρρησίαν ἀφαιρεῖται. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 1 4:1)
- διὰ δὴ ταῦτα πάντα οἰστρῶν λόγον τε ὑπέμεινεν εἰπεῖν ἀναίσχυντον, ἐξ οὗ καταφανὴσ ἐγένετο τοῖσ ὑπονοοῦσιν, ὅτι τὸ συκοφάντημα κατὰ τῆσ κόρησ αὐτὸσ ἔγραψε καὶ ἔργον ἐτόλμησε τυραννικὸν πρᾶξαι καὶ ὠμόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 35 7:1)
- ἀλλ’ Ἀφροδίτησ οἴστρων εἰρήνην οὐδὲ τὸ γῆρασ ἔχει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 56 3:2)