βόστρῠχ-ος,ὁ, heterocl. pl.βόστρυχαin AP 5.259 (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 twistedorwreathed,πυρὸς ἀμφήκης β. thunderbolt, A. Pr. 1044 : in pl.,tendrils, Philostr. VA 3.4 .
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. HA 551b26 .
2. in pl.,sea-weed, Dionys. Av. l.c.