thyrsis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →thyrsus, thyrsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
Bacchic wand tipped with a fir-cone/tuft of ivy/vine leaves; plant's main stem;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...redimite comam nutante corymbo, mollia Nysaeis armatus bracchia thyrsis, lucidum caeli decus. huc ades uotis, quae tibi nobiles..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...altera cura Lyaei. marcida te fractis planxerunt Ismara thyrsis, te Tmolos, te Nysa ferax Theseaque Naxos et Thebana..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uentre lacertis. Penthea iam fractis genetrix Cadmeia thyrsis iamque remissa deo pectusque adoperta cruentum insequitur planctu; fugit ille..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...praefecit hiatibus antriDelius, aut primi cui ius venerabile thyrsi 115Bacchus et attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae.nec tamen hic mutata..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...scandis, Patrocle, iugales: ast ego pampineis diffundere bracchia thyrsis et tenuare colus—pudet haec taedetque fateri— iam scio..."Ecloga VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...arguta consederat ilice Daphnis, compulerantque greges Corydon et Thyrsis in unum, Thyrsis ouis, Corydon distentas lacte capellas, ambo..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fratris ac Didae scelus incusans torquebatur. intromissi deinde Thyrsis quidam Stuberraeus et Beroeaeus Alexander iniectis tapetibus in caput..."