βόστρυχος
οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ → neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty
English (LSJ)
ὁ, heterocl. pl. βόστρυχα in AP5.259 (Paul. Sil.), 6.71 (Id.): acc. pl.
A βόστρυχας Dionys.Av.2.7:—curl, lock of hair, Archil. 58, A.Ch.178, Ar.Nu.536, etc.: in sg. collectively, hair, ἀμπέτασον β. ὤμοις E.Hipp.202 (lyr.). 2 poet., anything twisted or wreathed, πυρὸς ἀμφήκης β. thunderbolt, A.Pr.1044: in pl., tendrils, Philostr. VA3.4. 3 metaph., ornament, τῆς ἠπείρου, of Smyrna, Aristid. Or.18(20).9; of Nicomedia, Lib.Or.61.12; ἑστίας χρυσοῦς β., of a son, Him. Or.23.7. II winged insect, perh.male of the glow-worm, Arist.HA551b26. 2 in pl., sea-wecd, Dionys.Av. l.c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 454] ὁ (vgl. βὁτρυς, βότρυχος), die Haarlocke, gekräuseltes Haar; Aesch. Ch. 166. 176; Ar. Nub. 528 u. sp. D.; spätere Prosa, LXX.; Luc. Deor. D. 2, 2. Uebertr., alles Geschlängelte, πυρὁς, Blitz, Aesch. Prom. 1046; vom Laube der Bäume Achill. Tat. 1, 15.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
1 boucle de cheveux, frisure;
2 p. anal. jet de foudre qui tournoie.
Étymologie: cf. βότρυς.
