mystes

English

Etymology

From Latin mystēs.

Noun

mystes (plural mystae)

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• mysta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmys.teːs/, [ˈmʏs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.tes/, [ˈmist̪es]

Noun

mystēs m (genitive mystae); first declension

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

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	mystēs	mystae
genitive	mystae	mystārum
dative	mystae	mystīs
accusative	mystēn	mystās
ablative	mystē	mystīs
vocative	mystē	mystae

Descendants

• → English: mystes (learned)

References

• “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.