The corpus record — Latin

oestrus

oestrus · m

a gad-fly

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2 · 0.17/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

oestrus — Lewis & Short

oestrus, i, m., = oi)=stros.

I Lit., a gad-fly, horse-fly, breese (pure Lat. asilus): volitans, cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestrum Graii vertere vocantes, Verg. G. 3, 148: nascuntur in extremis favis apes grandiores, quae ceteras fugant: oestrus vocatur hoc malum, Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 47.—

II Transf., frenzy of a prophet or poet, inspiration, enthusiasm (in post-Aug. poets), Stat. Th. 1, 32; Nemes. Cyneg. 3; Juv. 4, 123; cf.: oestrum furor Graeco vocabulo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 195 Müll.

In the wild

oestro Statius, Thebais 1.32
oestron Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 6.58.2
oestro Statius, Silvae 2.7.3
oestrum Vergil, Georgicon 3.148
oestro Juvenal, Saturae 1.4.123
oestro Appendix Vergiliana, Appendix Vergiliana 184

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Where it came from

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