The corpus record
narthekophoros
carrying a wand of νάρθηξ
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carrying a wand of νάρθηξ, like the Βάκχαι (cf. θυρσοφόρος), Plu. Col. 2.1107f; of Dionysus, Orph. H. 42.1; prov., πολλοί τοι ν., παῦροι δέ τε Βάκχοι, i.e. there are many officials, but few inspired, Zen. 5.77, cf. Pl. Phd. 69c, Orph. Fr. 5.
rod-bearer, X. Cyr. 2.3.18.
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.