thyrsum
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. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...rupe tigris hoste conspecto exilit aut iussa thyrsum quatere conceptum ferens Maenas Lyaeum dubia quo gressus agat haesit..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sacrificantes vel insanientes Bacchae; ipsa crine fluxo thyrsum quatiens, iuxtaque Silius hedera vinctus, gerere cothurnos, iacere caput, strepente..."