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• THYRSUS (the latinized form of Gr. Bupaos, a stem or stalk)

THYRSUS (the latinized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Gr. Bupaos, a See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem or stalk)  the wand or See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus (Bacchus), the Bacchants and See also:

• MAENADS (Gr. MatvaSes, frenzied women)

Maenads and the votaries taking See also:

• PART

part in his orgiastic See also:

• RITES

rites . As commonly represented on the monuments it was a straight staff terminating in a See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone, a ribbon or See also:

• FILLET (through Fr. filet, from the med. Lat. filettum, diminutive of filum, a thread)

fillet being attached to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head below it . Another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form terminated in a bunch of grapes and See also:

• VINE

vine leaves, or See also:

• IVY (A.S. ifig, Ger. Epheu, perhaps connected with apium, anent)

ivy-berries and leaves . The pine-cone or bunch of leaves was sometimes supposed to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the head of a See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear, and the See also:

• THYRSUS (the latinized form of Gr. Bupaos, a stem or stalk)

thyrsus was termed OvpvbXoyxos (see DIONYSUS and See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

MYSTERY) .