1882, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poet's Calendar In my hand I bear / The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
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Thyrsus
//ˈθɜɹsəs//
Synonyms for "thyrsus" (2 found)
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19 translations across 18 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tirsus noun (staff)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тирс noun (staff)
Catalan
1 entries- tirs noun (staff)
Dutch
1 entries- thyrsus noun (staff)
Finnish
1 entries- thyrsos noun (staff)
French
1 entries- thyrse noun (staff)
German
1 entries- Thyrsus noun (staff)
Greek
1 entries- θύρσος noun (staff)
Hungarian
1 entries- thürszosz noun (staff)
Italian
1 entries- tirso noun (staff)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- thyrsos noun (staff)
Polish
1 entries- tyrs noun (staff)
Portuguese
1 entries- tirso noun (staff)
Romanian
1 entries- tirs noun (staff)
Russian
1 entries- тирс noun (staff)
Spanish
1 entries- tirso noun (staff)
Swedish
2 entries- thyrsos noun (staff)
- thyrsosstav noun (staff)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тирс noun (staff)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
As good to grow on graves / As twist about a thyrsus.
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The champagne was done, and she upturned the bottle to hold it like a thyrsus.
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