οἰστρ-άω · oistr-aō — LSJ
sting, sting to madness, drove
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οἰστρ-άω
oistrao
sting, sting to madness, drove
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Distribution
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
- Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
- Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Senses
Attestations
- οἰστρᾷ · oistrai Plato, Republic 9.573 (DIORISIS sentence 5335)
- οἰστρᾶν · oistran Plato, Republic 9.574 (DIORISIS sentence 5357)
- οἰστρᾷ · oistrai Plato, Phaedrus 251 (DIORISIS sentence 452)
- οἰστρήσασα · oistrēsasa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 835–838
- οἰστρηθεὶς · oistrētheis Sophocles, Trachiniae 653–654
- οἰστρηθεὶς · oistrētheis Euripides, Bacchae 114–119
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