"οἶστρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ôi̯s.tros/, /ˈys.tros/, /ˈis.tros/, /ôi̯s.tros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈys.tros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈys.tros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈys.tros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈis.tros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₁eys-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, {{cog|la|ira||anger}} Latin ira (“anger”), {{cog|lt|aistra||violent passion}} Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), {{cog|ae|𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀||anger}} Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|οἴστρου|m|second}} οἶστρος • (oîstros) m (genitive οἴστρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|οἶστρος|ου}} Forms: oîstros [romanization], οἴστρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ οἶστρος [nominative, singular], τὼ οἴστρω [dual, nominative], οἱ οἶστροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ οἴστρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν οἴστροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν οἴστρων [genitive, plural], τῷ οἴστρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν οἴστροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς οἴστροις [dative, plural], τὸν οἶστρον [accusative, singular], τὼ οἴστρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς οἴστρους [accusative, plural], οἶστρε [singular, vocative], οἴστρω [dual, vocative], οἶστροι [plural, vocative]
  1. gadfly, breese
    an insect which infests tuna
    Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-uJC815IK Disambiguation of Insects: 47 7 7 9 13 9 9 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 4 15 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 5 2 14 17 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 3 2 9 29 10 9
  2. gadfly, breese
    a small insectivorous bird, perhaps the willow warbler
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-uAC0fvMF
  3. gadfly, breese
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-fqrzsjsq
  4. (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad
    (absolute) the smart of pain, agony
    Tags: absolute, figuratively
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-0uqh9kI7 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 4 15 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 8 8 5 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 9 9 5 19 19 19 19
  5. (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad
    any vehement desire, mad desire, insane passion
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-6T~gd3Tb Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 4 15 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 8 8 5 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 9 9 5 19 19 19 19
  6. (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad
    madness, frenzy
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-FtEt2W0w Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 4 15 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 8 8 5 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 9 9 5 19 19 19 19
  7. (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-οἶστρος-grc-noun-Tm3ocpt1 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 19 7 4 15 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 8 8 5 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 9 9 5 19 19 19 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: οἶμα (oîma)
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        "4": "anger"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ira (“anger”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "aistra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "violent passion"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀",
        "3": "",
        "4": "anger"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin ira (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oîstros",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἴστρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ οἶστρος",
      "roman": "ho oîstros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ οἴστρω",
      "roman": "tṑ oístrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ οἶστροι",
      "roman": "hoi oîstroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ οἴστρου",
      "roman": "toû oístrou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν οἴστροιν",
      "roman": "toîn oístroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν οἴστρων",
      "roman": "tôn oístrōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ οἴστρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi oístrōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν οἴστροιν",
      "roman": "toîn oístroin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς οἴστροις",
      "roman": "toîs oístrois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν οἶστρον",
      "roman": "tòn oîstron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ οἴστρω",
      "roman": "tṑ oístrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς οἴστρους",
      "roman": "toùs oístrous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἶστρε",
      "roman": "oîstre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἴστρω",
      "roman": "oístrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἶστροι",
      "roman": "oîstroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οἴστρου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "οἶστρος • (oîstros) m (genitive οἴστρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "οἶστρος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "oîma",
      "word": "οἶμα"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.31,8"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gadfly, breese",
        "an insect which infests tuna"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gadfly",
          "gadfly"
        ],
        [
          "breese",
          "breese"
        ],
        [
          "tuna",
          "tuna"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.3,5"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gadfly, breese",
        "a small insectivorous bird, perhaps the willow warbler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gadfly",
          "gadfly"
        ],
        [
          "breese",
          "breese"
        ],
        [
          "willow warbler",
          "willow warbler"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 22.300"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gadfly, breese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gadfly",
          "gadfly"
        ],
        [
          "breese",
          "breese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 1254"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "the smart of pain, agony"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ],
        [
          "smart",
          "smart"
        ],
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "agony",
          "agony"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "(absolute) the smart of pain, agony"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.93"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "any vehement desire, mad desire, insane passion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ],
        [
          "vehement",
          "vehement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "any vehement desire, mad desire, insane passion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sopocles, Antigone 1002"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "madness, frenzy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ],
        [
          "madness",
          "madness"
        ],
        [
          "frenzy",
          "frenzy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad",
        "madness, frenzy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 862"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sting, anything that drives mad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ôi̯s.tros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈys.tros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ôi̯s.tros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈys.tros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈys.tros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈys.tros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈis.tros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "οἶστρος"
}

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