1) Flower cluster 2) Masculine given name 3) Mythological object 4) Thyrse
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1) Thyrse
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staff wreathed with ivy
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• (n.) A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites. • (n.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
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in Greek religion, staff carried by Dionysus, the wine god, and his votaries (Bacchae, Maenads). In early Greek art the Bacchae were usually ...
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In Greek mythology, a staff carried by worshippers of the god
Dionysus, formed from a stick wound around with the ivy sacred to the god, and crowned with a pine cone. ...
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Origin: L, fr. Gr. Cf. Torso. ... 1. A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites. 'A good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus.' (Mrs. Browning) 'In my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped ...
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Thyr'sus noun ;
plural Thyrsi . [ Latin , from Greek .... Confer
Torso .]
1. A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in B...
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A thyrsus was a wand wreathed with ivy or vine leaves, and topped with a pine-cone carried by the Ancient Greeks as a symbol of Bacchus.
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