1. βόστρυχος · bostrychos — Beekes
curl, lock of hair
The corpus record
βόστρῠχ-ος
bostruchos
curl, lock of hair
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Distribution
- Canticum 2 · 10.28/10k
- Libation Bearers 3 · 5.58/10k
- Orestes 4 · 4.08/10k
- Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
- Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
- Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
- Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
- Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. βόστρυχος · bostrychos — Chantraine
m
3. βόστρυχος · bostrychos — Frisk
ın
4. βόστρῠχ-ος · bostrych-os — LSJ
curl, lock of hair
Attestations
- βόστρυχος · bostrychos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1043–1045
- βόστρυχον · bostrychon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 167
- βοστρύχοις · bostrychois Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 178
- βόστρυχον · bostrychon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 230
- βοστρύχων · bostrychōn Sophocles, Electra 448–452
- βόστρυχον · bostrychon Sophocles, Electra 900–901
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