Thyrsus, thyrsi, m. g. Ph. The stalke of lettuce or other hearbs that may be eaten, or of any bearbe whatsoeuer it be.Fragiles thyrsi.Stat.Pampinei. Claud. Teretes. Stat.Virentes fronde thyrsi.Ouid. Thyrsus, Hasta aculeata, bederis obtecta, quã in Orgijs Bacchicis quatiebãt. Ta. A iauelin wrapped with Iuie, that the flocke of dronken harlots bore in Bacchus his sacrifice.Graui thyrso metuendus liber. Horat. Quatere thytsum. Sen. Leuem thyrsum vibrare manu. Sen. Thyrsus, per translationem pro stimulo & incitamento.Lucret.The inciting of a furie or ardent motten.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
thyrsus, i, m., = qu/rsos,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.