constellation βερενίκη[ῑ],ἡ , Macedon. form forΦερενίκη, freq. pr. n. in the time of the Ptolemies:—alsoβερνίκη Act.Ap. 25.13 :βερενίκης πλόκαμος, a A. constellation, Gem. 3.8 , etc.; also, athrow o
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constellation βερενίκη[ῑ],ἡ , Macedon. form forΦερενίκη, freq. pr. n. in the time of the Ptolemies:—alsoβερνίκη Act.Ap. 25.13 :βερενίκης πλόκαμος, a A. constellation, Gem. 3.8 , etc.; also, athrow o
bearing away the prize, victorious ἀθλοφόρος,ον, Ep. and Lyr.ἀεθλ-, A. bearing away the prize, victorious, ἵππος Il. 9.124 , 22.22 , Ibyc. 2 , cf. Inscr.Olymp. 166 ; ἄνδρες Pi. O. 7.7 , cf. Hdt.
lock πλόκᾰμ-ος,ὁ, A. lockorbraid of hair, A. Ch. 6 , 187 , Hdt. 4.34 : in pl.,locks, curling hair,prop. of women, Il. 14.176 ; of a man, κομᾶν πλόκαμοι Pi. P. 4.82 ;π. Τυφῶ,dithyrambic phrase in A
rear, nourish, ὑποτρέφω, A. rear, nourish, σκύλακας D.H. 4.81 ; πώγωνας D.S. 3.63 ; ῥίζεα . . ὑποτέτροφε λίμνη Nic. Al. 589 : metaph.,cherish, nurse, τὴν χολήν Luc. Cal. 24 ;foster, encoura