1. οἴστρος · oistros — Beekes
gadfly, Tabanus bovinus
The corpus record
οἶστρος
oistros
gadfly, Tabanus bovinus
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
- Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
- Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. οἶστρος · oistros — Chantraine
m
3. οἶστρος · oistros — Frisk
Stich, Stachel
4. οἶστρος · oistros — LSJ
gadfly, breese
Attestations
- οἶστρος · oistros Odyssey 22.300
- οἴστρου · oistrou Plato, Republic 9.577 (DIORISIS sentence 5446)
- οἴστρου · oistrou Plato, Phaedrus 240 (DIORISIS sentence 272)
- οἶστρος · oistros Plotinus, Enneads 3.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1772)
- οἴστρων · oistrōn Plotinus, Enneads 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5942)
- οἶστρος · oistros Herodotus, Histories 2.93.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2176)
6 of 23 attestations shown. Ask for more.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1113; entry #4476 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 804; entry #5826 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1341; entry #4206 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
Downloads
Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)
CC BY 4.0, with receipt attribution. What is exportable