οἰστρ-άω · oistr-aō — LSJ
sting, sting to madness, drove, raging, driven mad
sting, prop. of the gadfly (οἶστρος): hence, metaph., sting to madness, αὐτὰς ἐκ δόμων ᾤστρησα I drove them raging out of the house, E. l.c.: —Pass., οἰστρηθείς driven mad, S. Tr. 653, E. Ba. 119 (both lyr.); of sexual passion, οἰστρημένος ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος Iamb. VP 31.195 ; εἰς μεῖξιν Ael. NA 15.9, cf. Luc. Asin. 33.
II go mad, rage, in frenzy, frantically
intr., go mad, rage, of Io driven by the gadfly, οἰστρήσασα in frenzy, frantically, A. Pr. 836 ; of Menelaus, καθʼ Ἑλλάδʼ οἰστρήσας E. IA 77 ; of the tunny when attacked by the οἶστρος (I.2), Arist. HA 602a26, cf. 598a18 : metaph., ἡ ψυχὴ οἰστρᾷ καὶ ὀδυνᾶται Pl. Phdr. 251d, cf. R. 573e ; τοῖς οἰστρῶσιν Id. Tht. 179e ; οἰστρῶντι πόθῳ Men. 312.