βόστρυχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, pl. [[βόστρυχοι]], heterocl. pl. [[βόστρυχα]] in ''AP''5.259 (Paul. Sil.), 6.71 (Id.): acc. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> 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.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> ''poet.'', anything [[twisted]] or [[wreathed]], <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος</b> [[thunderbolt]], A.''Pr.''1044: in plural, [[tendril]]s, Philostr. ''VA''3.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[ornament]], <b class="b3">τῆς ἠπείρου</b>, of [[Smyrna]], Aristid. ''Or.''18(20).9; of Nicomedia, Lib.''Or.''61.12; <b class="b3">ἑστίας χρυσοῦς βόστρυχος</b>, of a [[son]], Him. ''Or.''23.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wing]]ed [[insect]], perhaps male of the [[glowworm]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''551b26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural, [[seaweed]], Dionys.''Av.'' [[l.c.]]