thyrsos
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;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sorores mater, et gaudens malo, Vibrante fixum praetulit thyrso caput; Vel qua cucurrit corpus inuisum trahens Zethi iuuencus..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Cadmi effera, cruore semper laeta cognato domus, uibrate thyrsos, enthea gnatos manu lacerate potius—maximum Thebis scelus maternus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...corripui terribilem manu bipennem, ter languidior coliculi repente thyrso ferrum timui, quod trepido male dabat usum..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Bacchus in undis abluit eoo rorantes sanguine thyrsos. illum post acies rubrique novissima claustra aequoris hic resides thiasos..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atrox Alaeus et olentis arator Hymetti, quaeque rudes thyrsos hederis uestistis, Acharnae. linquitur Eois longe speculabile proris Sunion..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ille ego clamatus sacris ululatibus amnis, qui molles thyrsos Baccheaque cornua puro fonte lauare feror, stipatus caedibus artas..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nullis deest sua fabula mensis. ceu modo gemmiferum thyrso populatus Hydaspen Eoasque domos nigri uexilla triumphi Liber..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...animi fallit quam sint obscura; sed acri percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor et simul incussit suavem..."