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Satyrs' staffs
Answer for the clue "Satyrs' staffs ", 6 letters:
thyrsi
Word definitions for thyrsi in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thyrsus \Thyr"sus\, n.; pl. Thyrsi . [L., fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Torso .] A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose [syn: thyrse ] [also: thyrsi (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of thyrsus English)
Usage examples of thyrsi.
He it was that drove the nursing women who were in charge of frenzied Bacchus through the land of Nysa, and they flung their thyrsi on the ground as murderous Lycurgus beat them with his oxgoad.