θύρσος

Etymology
Probably an loanword; compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 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 ,