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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈθɜːsəs/ [UK], /ˈθɜɹsəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thyrsus.wav Forms: thyrsi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səs Etymology: From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|thyrsus}} Latin thyrsus, {{uder|en|grc|θύρσος}} Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos), {{doublet|en|thyrse|torse|torso|id2=torso}} Doublet of thyrse, torse, and torso Head templates: {{en-noun|thyrsi}} thyrsus (plural thyrsi)
  1. A staff topped with a conical ornament, carried by Bacchus or his followers. Translations (staff): tirsus (Afrikaans), тирс (tirs) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tirs [masculine] (Catalan), thyrsus [masculine] (Dutch), thyrsos (Finnish), thyrse [masculine] (French), Thyrsus [masculine] (German), θύρσος (thýrsos) [masculine] (Greek), thürszosz (Hungarian), tirso [masculine] (Italian), thyrsos [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tyrs [masculine] (Polish), tirso [masculine] (Portuguese), tirs [neuter] (Romanian), тирс (tirs) [masculine] (Russian), tirso [masculine] (Spanish), thyrsosstav [common-gender] (Swedish), thyrsos [common-gender] (Swedish), тирс (tyrs) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-thyrsus-en-noun-wAC0LAxj Disambiguation of 'staff': 100 0
  2. (botany) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. Categories (topical): Botany
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thyrsiform

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈtʰyr.sus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ʰʏrs̠ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈtir.sus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪irsus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “plant-stalk, Bacchic staff”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|θύρσος||plant-stalk, Bacchic staff}} Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “plant-stalk, Bacchic staff”) Head templates: {{la-noun|thyrsus<2>}} thyrsus m (genitive thyrsī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|thyrsus<2>}} Forms: thyrsī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], thyrsus [nominative, singular], thyrsī [nominative, plural], thyrsī [genitive, singular], thyrsōrum [genitive, plural], thyrsō [dative, singular], thyrsīs [dative, plural], thyrsum [accusative, singular], thyrsōs [accusative, plural], thyrsō [ablative, singular], thyrsīs [ablative, plural], thyrse [singular, vocative], thyrsī [plural, vocative]
  1. thyrsus Tags: declension-2, masculine

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "тирс"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "staff",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "тирс"
    }
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}

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    },
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
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    },
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            "bor": "1"
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            "2": "thyrse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
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        {
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            "2": "thyrse"
          },
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        {
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            "2": "thyrse",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "tirso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tirso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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      "form": "thyrsum",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtir.sus/",
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}

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