βόστρυχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, heterocl. pl. <b class="b3">βόστρυχα</b> in <span class="title">AP</span>5.259 (Paul. Sil.), 6.71 (Id.): acc. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> βόστρυχας <span class="bibl">Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span>2.7</span>:—<b class="b2">curl, lock of hair</b>, <span class="bibl">Archil. 58</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>178</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>536</span>, etc.: in sg. collectively, [[hair]], ἀμπέτασον β. ὤμοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>202</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> poet., <b class="b2">anything twisted</b> or [[wreathed]], <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἀμφήκης β</b>. [[thunderbolt]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1044</span>: in pl., [[tendrils]], <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>3.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[ornament]], <b class="b3">τῆς ἠπείρου</b>, of Smyrna, <span class="bibl">Aristid. <span class="title">Or.</span>18(20).9</span>; of Nicomedia, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>61.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἑστίας χρυσοῦς β</b>., of a son, <span class="bibl">Him. <span class="title">Or.</span>23.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">winged insect</b>, perh.<b class="b2">male of the glow-worm</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>551b26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in pl., <b class="b2">sea-wecd</b>, Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span> l.c.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">curl, lock of hair</b> (Archil.).<br />Other forms: pl. also <b class="b3">βόστρυχα</b> (AP)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βοστρύχιον</b>, also <b class="b2">vine-tendril</b> (Arist., AP), <b class="b3">βοστρύχια στέμφυλα</b> H.; cf. <b class="b3">βότρυχος</b> s. [[βότρυς]]; ; <b class="b3">βοστρυχηδόν</b> <b class="b2">in locks</b> (Luk.). - <b class="b3">βοστρυχίζω</b>, <b class="b3">βοστρυχόομαι</b>. On the <b class="b3">χ-</b>Suffix Schwyzer 498, Chantr. Form. 402.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The suffix <b class="b3">-υχ-</b> could well be Pre-Greek (<b class="b3">-υ</b>C- is frequent), and this is probable for the whole word. On the confusion with [[βότρυς]] s.v.