English to Maltese Meaning of thyrsus - thyrsus

Thyrsus :

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Definitions of thyrsus in English

Noun(1) a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut

Examples of thyrsus in English

(1) A thyrsus (thyrsos) was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals.(2) His symbols are the phallus, the thyrsus , and the bull.(3) He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head.(4) Primrose is a very leafy shrub, producing small, yellowish thyrsi .(5) Frenzied with wine they rushed through woods and over mountains uttering sharp cries, waving pine-cone-tipped wands ( thyrsi ).(6) The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves.

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Noun

1. thyrse ::

thyrse

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