βόστρυχος

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 twisted or wreathed, 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.