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οἰστράω

οἰστράω, to sting

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οἰστρήσας aorist active participle masculine nominative singular, aorist active participle masculine vocative singular of οἰστράω

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οἰστρ-άω or οἰστρ-έω, the former in Pl. (v. infr.), Arist. HA 602a26, Men. (v. infr.), the latter in Theoc. 6.28, Luc. Asin. 33: fut. -ήσω Gp. 17.5.3: aor. οἴστρησα (Elmsl. ᾤστρησα) E. Ba. 32, cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.50 H.; part. οἰστρήσας (v. infr.):—Pass. (v. infr.):—
  • sting, prop. of the gadfly (οἶστρος): hence, metaph., sting to madness, αὐτὰς ἐκ δόμων ᾤστρησα I drove them raging out of the house, E. l.c.: —Pass., οἰστρηθείς driven mad, S. Tr. 653, E. Ba. 119 (both lyr.); of sexual passion, οἰστρημένος ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος Iamb. VP 31.195; εἰς μεῖξιν Ael. NA 15.9, cf. Luc. Asin. 33.
    • II intr., go mad, rage, of Io driven by the gadfly, οἰστρήσασα in frenzy, frantically, A. Pr. 836; of Menelaus, καθʼ Ἑλλάδʼ οἰστρήσας E. IA 77; of the tunny when attacked by the οἶστρος (I.2), Arist. HA 602a26, cf. 598a18: metaph., ἡ ψυχὴ οἰστρᾷ καὶ ὀδυνᾶται Pl. Phdr. 251d, cf. R. 573e; τοῖς οἰστρῶσιν Id. Tht. 179e; οἰστρῶντι πόθῳ Men. 312.

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