οἰστρ-άωorοἰστρ-έω, the former in Pl. (v. infr.), Arist. HA 602a26 , Men. (v. infr.), the latter in Theoc. 6.28 , Luc. Asin. 33 :fut.
A.
-ήσω
Gp. 17.5.3
:aor. οἴστρησα(Elmsl.ᾤστρησα) E. Ba. 32 , cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.50 H.;part. οἰστρήσας(v. infr.) :— Pass. (v. infr.):—sting.prop. of the gadfly (οἶστρος): hence, metaph.,sting to madness, αὐτὰς ἐκ δόμων ᾤστρησαIdrovethemragingout 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. intr.,go mad, rage,of Io driven by the gadfly, οἰστρήσασα in frenzy, frantically,
A. Pr. 836
; of Menelaus, καθ' Ἑλλάδ' οἰστρήσας