οἰστράω

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.