βόστρυχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, pl. [[βόστρυχοι]], heterocl. pl. [[βόστρυχα]] in <span class="title">AP</span>5.259 (Paul. Sil.), 6.71 (Id.): acc. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> βόστρυχας <span class="bibl">Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span>2.7</span>:—[[curl]], [[lock of hair]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> poet., anything [[twisted]] or [[wreathed]], <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος</b> [[thunderbolt]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1044</span>: in pl., [[tendril]]s, <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>3.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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 βόστρυχος</b>, of a [[son]], <span class="bibl">Him. <span class="title">Or.</span>23.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[wing]]ed [[insect]], perh. male of the [[glowworm]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>551b26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl., [[seaweed]], Dionys.<span class="title">Av.</span> l.c.</span>