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Headword:
*oi)/strhsis
Adler number: omicroniota,179
Translated headword: frenzy, mad passion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] that which maddens women.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] "enflamed with mad passion" [oi)strhlatou/menoi], [meaning they who are] burning, driven crazy.[2]
Greek Original:*oi)/strhsis: h( qhlumani/a. kai\ *oi)strhlatou/menoi, purou/menoi, e)kmaino/menoi.
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] Present 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.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 June 2004@21:22:08.
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