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οἰστράω οἶστρος to sting, properly of the gadfly; then metaph. to sting to madness, αὐτὰς ἐκ δόμων οἴστρησα I drave them raging out of the house, Eur.:—Pass., οἰστρηθείς driven mad, Soph. intr. like Pass. to be driven by the gadfly, driven mad, οἰστρήσασα in frenzy, frantically, Aesch.; of Menelaus, Eur.; ἡ ψυχὴ οἰστρᾶι Plat.

ShortDef

to sting

Debugging

Headword:

οἰστράω

Headword (normalized):

οἰστράω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

οιστραω

IDX:

22878

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22901

Key:

oi)stra/w

Data

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