θύρσος

A. θύρσα AP 6.158 (Sabin.): —wand wreathed in ivy and vine-leaves with a pine-cone at the top, carried by the devotees of Dionysus, E. Ba. 80 (lyr.), SIG 1109.138, Hero Spir. 2.9, etc.; also of the devotees themselves, Sch.E. Hec. 261.

II. = κλάδος, ῥάβδος, Hsch. (Prob. a loan-word.)