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
- L
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..." - P
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..."