Thyrsus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θύρσος (Thúrsos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰyr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtir.sus] === Proper noun === Thyrsus m sg (genitive Thyrsī); second declension The most considerable river of Sardinia, still called Tirso ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Thyrsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly