OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10543

thyrsus

/ˈθɜːsəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tirso
A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers.
1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
As good to grow on graves / As twist about a thyrsus.
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