θύρσος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 19 January 2015

Etymology

Probably an Anatolian loanword; compare Luwian [script needed] (tuwarsa, “vine”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́ρσος • (thŭ́rsos) m (genitive θῠ́ρσου); second declension

  1. thyrsus, a wand wreathed in ivy and vine-leaves with a pine-cone or a blooming artichoke at the top, carried by the devotees of Dionysus
  2. the devotees themselves
  3. Hesychius defines it as κλάδος (kládos, “stick, branch”), ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “stick, rod”)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θῠ́ρσος; τοῦ θῠ́ρσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θῠ́ρσος
ho thŭ́rsos 		τὼ θῠ́ρσω
tṑ thŭ́rsō 		οἱ θῠ́ρσοι
hoi thŭ́rsoi
Genitive τοῦ θῠ́ρσου
toû thŭ́rsou 		τοῖν θῠ́ρσοιν
toîn thŭ́rsoin 		τῶν θῠ́ρσων
tôn thŭ́rsōn
Dative τῷ θῠ́ρσῳ
tōî thŭ́rsōi 		τοῖν θῠ́ρσοιν
toîn thŭ́rsoin 		τοῖς θῠ́ρσοις
toîs thŭ́rsois
Accusative τὸν θῠ́ρσον
tòn thŭ́rson 		τὼ θῠ́ρσω
tṑ thŭ́rsō 		τοὺς θῠ́ρσους
toùs thŭ́rsous
Vocative θῠ́ρσε
thŭ́rse 		θῠ́ρσω
thŭ́rsō 		θῠ́ρσοι
thŭ́rsoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄθῠρσος (áthŭrsos)
  • θῠρσᾰ́ζω (thŭrsắzō)
  • θῠρσᾰ́ρῐον (thŭrsắrĭon)
  • θῠρσεχθής (thŭrsekhthḗs)
  • θῠρσῐ́ᾰμβος (thŭrsĭ́ămbos)
  • θῠρσῐ́νη (thŭrsĭ́nē)
  • θῠ́ρσῐον (thŭ́rsĭon)
  • θῠρσῐ́της (thŭrsĭ́tēs)
  • θῠρσῐ́ων (thŭrsĭ́ōn)
  • θῠρσοειδής (thŭrsoeidḗs)
  • θῠρσοκόμος (thŭrsokómos)
  • θῠρσόλογχος (thŭrsólonkhos)
  • θῠρσομᾰνής (thŭrsomănḗs)
  • θῠρσοπλήξ (thŭrsoplḗx)
  • θῠρσοτῐνᾰ́κτης (thŭrsotĭnắktēs)
  • θῠρσοφόρος (thŭrsophóros)
  • θῠρσοχᾰρής (thŭrsokhărḗs)
  • θῠρσόω (thŭrsóō)

Descendants

  • → Latin: thyrsus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566

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