gadfly
From LSJ
μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. μύωψ, ὁ (Plat.), V. οἶστρος, ὁ. Driven by the gadfly, adj.: Ar. and V. οἰστροδίνητος, V. οἰστρήσας (aor. part.), οἰστροπλήξ.
