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thyrsus
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1.
LEM
thyrsus, thyrsī
θύρσος
noun (m., 2
nd
declension)
[of a plant] a stalk, stem
[especially] a staff twined with ivy and vine, Bacchic staff, thyrsus
a thorn, goad
Abbreviations
thyrsus ī, m, thu/rsos.
—Of a plant, a stalk, stem.
—Esp., a staff twined with ivy and vine, Bacchic staff, thyrsus: Liber gravi metuende thyrso, H., O.
—A thorn, goad: Sic ubi mota calent viridi mea pectora thyrso, O.
