θύρσος
From LSJ
Ὑπερηφανία μέγιστον ἀνθρώποις κακόν → Malorum maximum hominibus superbia → Das größte Übel ist für Menschen Übermut
English (LSJ)
ὁ, in late Poets with heterocl. pl.
A θύρσα AP6.158 (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.), SIG1109.138, Hero Spir.2.9, etc.; also of the devotees themselves, Sch.E.Hec. 261. II = κλάδος, ῥάβδος, Hsch. (Prob. a loan-word.)
