οἰστράω

oistrao

sting

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book VI 1
Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

570b5
Book VIII 3
Chapter 13 597b31–599a19

598a18

Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

599b26

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰστράω 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.):—A. 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 (1.2), 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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