thyrsus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

thyrsus ī, m

, θύρσος.—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.

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