οἶστρος

See also: οίστρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin īra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 (aēṣ̌ma, “anger”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οἶστρος • (oîstros) m (genitive οἴστρου); second declension

  1. gadfly, breese
    1. an insect which infests tuna
    2. a small insectivorous bird, perhaps the willow warbler
  2. (figuratively) a sting, anything that drives mad
    1. (absolute) the smart of pain, agony
    2. any vehement desire, mad desire, insane passion
    3. madness, frenzy
      • Sopocles, Antigone 1002

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ οἶστρος; τοῦ οἴστρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
tōî 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • οἶμα (oîma)

Descendants

  • → Latin: oestrus
    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *oestricula
      • Aromanian: streclji
      • Romanian: streche
    • → Catalan: estre
    • → English: oestrus, estrus
    • → French: œstre
    • → Italian: estro
    • → Middle French: oestrus
    • → Piedmontese: estro
    • → Portuguese: estro
    • → Spanish: estro
    • → Translingual: Oestrus
  • Greek: οίστρος (oístros)

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