oestrum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →oestrus, oestri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
gad-fly;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...plurimus Alburnum volitans, cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestrum Grai vertere vocantes, asper, acerba sonans, quo tota exterrita..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...plurimus Alburnum uolitans, cui nomen asilo Romanum est, oestrum Grai uertere uocantes, asper, acerba sonans, quo tota exterrita..."