thyrsus
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and V. θύρσος, ὁ (Ran. 1211; Eur., Bacchae 188).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
thyrsus: i, m., = θύρσος,>
I a stalk, stem of a plant.
I Lit., Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 129; 25, 8, 41, § 81; 26, 8, 33, § 51; Suet. Aug. 77; Col. 10, 370.—
II Transf.
A A staff twined round with ivy and vine-shoots, borne by Bacchus and the Bacchantes; the Bacchic staff, thyrsus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 8; Ov. M. 3, 542; 3, 712; 4, 7; 9, 641; 11, 28; Stat. Th. 9, 614; Sen. Herc. Fur. 904; id. Oedip. 628 al. — Hence, poet. transf.,
B A thorn, goad: acri Percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor, Lucr. 1, 923; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 43.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
thyrsus,¹¹ ī, m. (θύρσος),
1 tige des plantes : Plin. 19, 129 ; Col. Rust. 10, 370
2 thyrse [bâton couronné de feuilles de lierre ou de vigne, attribut de Bacchus: Hor. O. 2, 19, 8 ; Ov. M. 3, 542 ; Stat. Th. 9, 614.
Latin > German (Georges)
thyrsus, ī, m. (θύρσος), I) jeder Stengel eines Gewächses, der Strunk, Colum., Plin. u.a.: boleti, Hut, Apic.: lactuculae, Suet.: vulg. tirsus geschr., zB. tirsus lactucae, Apic. 4, 123. – II) der mit Efeu und Weinranken umwundene Stab, den Bacchus und die Bacchantinnen (Bacchae) schwärmend in der Hand trugen, der Thyrsus, Bacchusstab, Catull., Hor. u.a.
Latin > English
thyrsus thyrsi N M :: Bacchic wand tipped with a fir-cone, tuft of ivy or vine leaves