βόστρυχος: Difference between revisions

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|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, <b class="b2">hair</b>, 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 <b class="b2">wreathed</b>, <b class="b3">πυρὸς ἀμφήκης β</b>. <b class="b2">thunderbolt</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1044</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">tendrils</b>, <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., <b class="b2">ornament</b>, <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>

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