English-Thai Dictionary
thyrsus
N ช่อดอก แบบ ดอก lilac
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THYRSUS
Thyr "sus, n.; pl. Thyrsi. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 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 with fragrant cones of pine. Longfellow.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut.
New American Oxford Dictionary
thyrsus
thyr sus |ˈTHərsəs ˈθərsəs | ▶noun ( pl. thyrsusi |-sī | ) (in ancient Greece and Rome ) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Dionysus and his followers. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk, Bacchic staff. ’
Oxford Dictionary
thyrsus
thyrsus |ˈθəːsəs | ▶noun ( pl. thyrsi |-sʌɪ, -siː | ) (in ancient Greece and Rome ) a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers. ORIGIN Latin, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk, Bacchic staff ’.
Duden Dictionary
Thyrsus
Thyr sus Substantiv, maskulin , der Thyrsos |Th y rsus |der Thyrsus; Genitiv: des Thyrsus, Plural: die Thyrsusi griechisch-lateinisch mit Efeu und Weinlaub umwundener, von einem Pinienzapfen gekrönter Stab des Dionysos und der Mänaden
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