mystes

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin mystēs

Noun[edit]

mystes (plural mystae)

  1. (historical) An ancient Roman priest of the secret rites of divine worship.

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύστης (mústēs, one who has been initiated).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mystēs m (genitive mystae); first declension

  1. a priest of the mystērium (secret rites of divine worship)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mystēs mystae
Genitive mystae mystārum
Dative mystae mystīs
Accusative mystēn mystās
Ablative mystē mystīs
Vocative mystē mystae

References[edit]

  • mystes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mystes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mystes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.