thyrsus

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Etymology

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From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso.

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Noun

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thyrsus (plural thyrsi)

  1. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.
  2. (botany) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, plant-stalk, Bacchic staff).

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Noun

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thyrsus m (genitive thyrsī); second declension

  1. thyrsus

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative thyrsus thyrsī
Genitive thyrsī thyrsōrum
Dative thyrsō thyrsīs
Accusative thyrsum thyrsōs
Ablative thyrsō thyrsīs
Vocative thyrse thyrsī

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References

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  • thyrsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • thyrsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thyrsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • thyrsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • thyrsus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • thyrsus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thyrsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • thyrsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • thyrsus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin