Definition of thyrsus in English:

thyrsus

nounPlural thyrsi ˈθəːsəsˈθərsəs

(in ancient Greece and Rome) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers.
（古希腊或罗马的）酒神杖（由酒神巴克斯及其随从所执的顶端有松果状饰物的手杖）
Example sentencesExamples
- His symbols are the phallus, the thyrsus, and the bull.
- A thyrsus (thyrsos) was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals.
- Primrose is a very leafy shrub, producing small, yellowish thyrsi.
- He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head.
- Frenzied with wine they rushed through woods and over mountains uttering sharp cries, waving pine-cone-tipped wands (thyrsi).
- The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves.

Origin

Latin, from Greek thursos 'plant stalk, Bacchic staff'.

Rhymes

excursus, versus

Definition of thyrsus in US English:

thyrsus

nounˈTHərsəsˈθərsəs

(in ancient Greece and Rome) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers.
（古希腊或罗马的）酒神杖（由酒神巴克斯及其随从所执的顶端有松果状饰物的手杖）
Example sentencesExamples
- The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves.
- His symbols are the phallus, the thyrsus, and the bull.
- He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head.
- A thyrsus (thyrsos) was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals.
- Frenzied with wine they rushed through woods and over mountains uttering sharp cries, waving pine-cone-tipped wands (thyrsi).
- Primrose is a very leafy shrub, producing small, yellowish thyrsi.

Origin

Latin, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk, Bacchic staff’.

词汇	thyrsus
释义	Definition of thyrsus in English: thyrsus nounPlural thyrsi ˈθəːsəsˈθərsəs (in ancient Greece and Rome) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers. （古希腊或罗马的）酒神杖（由酒神巴克斯及其随从所执的顶端有松果状饰物的手杖） Example sentencesExamples His symbols are the phallus, the thyrsus, and the bull. A thyrsus (thyrsos) was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals. Primrose is a very leafy shrub, producing small, yellowish thyrsi. He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head. Frenzied with wine they rushed through woods and over mountains uttering sharp cries, waving pine-cone-tipped wands (thyrsi). The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves. Origin Latin, from Greek thursos 'plant stalk, Bacchic staff'. Rhymes excursus, versus Definition of thyrsus in US English: thyrsus nounˈTHərsəsˈθərsəs (in ancient Greece and Rome) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers. （古希腊或罗马的）酒神杖（由酒神巴克斯及其随从所执的顶端有松果状饰物的手杖） Example sentencesExamples The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves. His symbols are the phallus, the thyrsus, and the bull. He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head. A thyrsus (thyrsos) was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals. Frenzied with wine they rushed through woods and over mountains uttering sharp cries, waving pine-cone-tipped wands (thyrsi). Primrose is a very leafy shrub, producing small, yellowish thyrsi. Origin Latin, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk, Bacchic staff’.
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