οἶστρος
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See also: οίστρος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ôi̯s.tros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈys.tros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈys.tros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈys.tros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈis.tros/
Nomen
[edit]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
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ οἶστρος ho oîstros |
τὼ οἴστρω tṑ oístrō |
οἱ οἶστροι hoi oîstroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οἴστρου toû oístrou |
τοῖν οἴστροιν toîn oístroin |
τῶν οἴστρων tôn oístrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οἴστρῳ tôi oístrōi |
τοῖν οἴστροιν toîn oístroin |
τοῖς οἴστροις toîs oístrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν οἶστρον tòn oîstron |
τὼ οἴστρω tṑ oístrō |
τοὺς οἴστρους toùs oístrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἶστρε oîstre |
οἴστρω oístrō |
οἶστροι oîstroi | ||||||||||
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Related terms
[edit]- οἶμα (oîma)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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