μυστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῠ́στης (mústēs, initiated one) + -ῐον (-ion), from μυέω (muéō, I initiate), from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, I shut).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῠστήρῐον (mustḗrion) n (genitive μῠστηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. revealed secret
  2. mystery, secret
  3. object used in mystery religions
  4. (Koine) matters of science which required teaching

Inflection

Descendants

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.