θύρσος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably an Anatolian loanword; compare Luwian (tuwarsa, vine).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́ρσος (thúrsosm (genitive θῠ́ρσου); second declension

  1. thyrsus, a wand wreathed in ivy and vine-leaves with a pine-cone or a blooming artichoke at the top, carried by the devotees of Dionysus
  2. the devotees themselves
  3. Hesychius defines it as κλάδος (kládos, stick, branch), ῥάβδος (rhábdos, stick, rod)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: thyrsus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566

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