thyrsis

The first is probably from Leonardo's workshop, not entirely of the master's own hand: St. John the Baptist, or perhaps Bacchus, whose raised finger is a Christian symbol, but whose thyrsis, vine leaves and panther skin are clearly pagan.

Unfinished Perfection 2010

He made a fountain of wine spout up by striking the ground with his thyrsis, and engraved his laws on two tables of marble.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

In his hand was a thyrsis, and his eyes blazed with the madness of the wine.

The Lion's Brood Duffield Osborne 1887

Florid. ramis divaricatis, thyrsis grandis, flosculis expansis incarnatis, Azalea, &c. intangled with garlands of Bignonea crucigera,

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. 1823

M. caule volubili, foliis cordatis ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabriusculis basi antice glandulosis, thyrsis lateralibus, fauce barbata.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795