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Headword:
Οἴστρησις
Adler number: omicroniota,179
Translated headword: frenzy, mad passion
Vetting Status: low
Translation: That which maddens women.[1]
Also "enflamed with mad passion" [οἰστρηλατούμενοι ], burning, driven crazy.[2]
Greek Original:Οἴστρησις: ἡ θηλυμανία. καὶ Οἰστρηλατούμενοι, πυρούμενοι, ἐκμαινόμενοι.
Notes:
[1] cf. 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).
[2] Plural participle of the verb cognate with the headword; evidently quoted from somewhere (here and in other lexica).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 June 2004@21:22:08.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes and more keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics) on 9 June 2004@05:10:43.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 23 June 2005@00:20:41.
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