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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin ira (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôi̯s.tros/ → /ˈys.tros/ → /ˈis.tros/
Noun
οἶστρος • (oîstros) m (genitive οἴστρου); second declension
- gadfly, breese
- an insect which infests tuna
- a small insectivorous bird, perhaps the willow warbler
- (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad
- (absolute) the smart of pain, agony
- any vehement desire, mad desire, insane passion
- madness, frenzy
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “οἶστρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἶστρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “οἶστρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οἶστρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οἶστρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.