βόστρυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown but perhaps of Pre-Greek origin. Often connected with βότρυς (bótrus, “bunch of grapes”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βόστρῠχος • (bóstrŭkhos) m (genitive βοστρύχου); second declension

  1. curl, lock of hair
  2. anything twisted or wreathed
  3. tendril
  4. ornament
  5. male of the glowworm
  6. (in the plural) seaweed

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βόστρῠχος; τοῦ βοστρῠ́χου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βόστρῠχος
ho bóstrŭkhos 		τὼ βοστρῠ́χω
tṑ bostrŭ́khō 		οἱ βόστρῠχοι
hoi bóstrŭkhoi
Genitive τοῦ βοστρῠ́χου
toû bostrŭ́khou 		τοῖν βοστρῠ́χοιν
toîn bostrŭ́khoin 		τῶν βοστρῠ́χων
tôn bostrŭ́khōn
Dative τῷ βοστρῠ́χῳ
tōî bostrŭ́khōi 		τοῖν βοστρῠ́χοιν
toîn bostrŭ́khoin 		τοῖς βοστρῠ́χοις
toîs bostrŭ́khois
Accusative τὸν βόστρῠχον
tòn bóstrŭkhon 		τὼ βοστρῠ́χω
tṑ bostrŭ́khō 		τοὺς βοστρῠ́χους
toùs bostrŭ́khous
Vocative βόστρῠχε
bóstrŭkhe 		βοστρῠ́χω
bostrŭ́khō 		βόστρῠχοι
bóstrŭkhoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • βοστρυχηδόν (bostrukhēdón)
  • βοστρυχίζω (bostrukhízō)
  • βοστρύχιον (bostrúkhion)
  • βοστρυχίτης (bostrukhítēs)
  • βοστρυχοειδής (bostrukhoeidḗs)
  • βοστρυχώδης (bostrukhṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Bostrichus

Further reading

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