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thyrsus , i, m., = θύρσος,
I.a stalk, stem of a plant.
I. Lit., Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 129; 25, 8, 41, § 81; 26, 8, 33, § 51; Suet. Aug. 77; Col. 10, 370.—
II. Transf.
A. A staff twined round with ivy and vine-shoots, borne by Bacchus and the Bacchantes; the Bacchic staff, thyrsus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 8; Ov. M. 3, 542; 3, 712; 4, 7; 9, 641; 11, 28; Stat. Th. 9, 614; Sen. Herc. Fur. 904; id. Oedip. 628 al. — Hence, poet. transf.,
B. A thorn, goad: “acri Percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor,” Lucr. 1, 923; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 43.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.542
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.923
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 77
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.81
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.51
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 904
    • Seneca, Oedipus, 628
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.1
    • Statius, Thebias, 9
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