gadfly
From LSJ
Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. μύωψ, ὁ (Plato), V. οἶστρος, ὁ.
driven by the gadfly, adj.: Ar. and V. οἰστροδίνητος, V. οἰστρήσας (aor. part.), οἰστροπλήξ.
