βόστρυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βόστρῠχος • (bóstrukhos) 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 bóstrukhos		 τὼ βοστρῠ́χω
tṑ bostrúkhō		 οἱ βόστρῠχοι
hoi bóstrukhoi
Genitive τοῦ βοστρῠ́χου
toû bostrúkhou		 τοῖν βοστρῠ́χοιν
toîn bostrúkhoin		 τῶν βοστρῠ́χων
tôn bostrúkhōn
Dative τῷ βοστρῠ́χῳ
tôi bostrúkhōi		 τοῖν βοστρῠ́χοιν
toîn bostrúkhoin		 τοῖς βοστρῠ́χοις
toîs bostrúkhois
Accusative τὸν βόστρῠχον
tòn bóstrukhon		 τὼ βοστρῠ́χω
tṑ bostrúkhō		 τοὺς βοστρῠ́χους
toùs bostrúkhous
Vocative βόστρῠχε
bóstrukhe		 βοστρῠ́χω
bostrúkhō		 βόστρῠχοι
bóstrukhoi
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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