Οἴστρησις
frenzy, mad passion
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἴστρησις· ἡ θηλυμανία. καὶ Οἰστρηλατούμενοι, πυρούμενοι, ἐκμαινόμενοι.
Betacode
*oi)/strhsis: h( qhlumani/a. kai\ *oi)strhlatou/menoi, purou/menoi, e)kmaino/menoi.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. generally omicroniota 178 (though there, and in general elsewhere, the connection with women -- preserved nowadays in the name of the hormone oestrogen: literally frenzy-inducing -- is implicit at best). ↩
- 2Present participle (masculine nominative plural) of the verb cognate with the headword, evidently quoted from somewhere. Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius omicron159 Theodoridis. ↩
Linked from3 entries
- οι178Οἰστρεῖstings[Meaning he/she/it] inflames, maddens. Appian [writes]: "in reality everyone experienced a stinging impulse and enthusiasm [to act] against the barbarians". And elsewhere: "[...] and he did these things just like…
- οι180Οἰστροπλῆγαdriven mad with passion[Meaning someone] struck with madness. It is derived from the gadfly [oi)=stros], which is a copper-coloured fly, attacking cattle in the heat and making them go mad.
- οι181Οἶστροςgadfly, frenzy[Meaning] stimulation, heating, burning with madness. They call any impulse oi)=stros. From this also comes oi)strodo/nhtos muxo/s ["the whirling depth"], that which is driven by the wind. Aristophanes [writes]: "and…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Aug 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- added notes and more keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict