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παροιστρ-άω

paroistrao

provoke, incite

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παροιστρ-άω · paroistr-aō — LSJ

= οἰστράω, ὡς δάμαλις παροιστρῶσα παροίστρησεν Ἰσραήλ LXX Ho. 4.16, cf. Ez. 2.6, D.S. 34/5.28a.

II provoke, incite

trans., provoke, incite, μαινάδων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν χοροὺς παρῴστρησεν Pap. in Gercke-Norden Einleitung 31(9)p.42, cf. Hsch. :—Pass., ὑπὸ [δαιμόνων] παροιστρούμενοι Jul. Ep. 89b.

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