μυστήρι-ον, τό,
(μύστης, μυέω)
mystery or
secret rite: mostly in
plural, τὰ μ.
the mysteries, first in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (of
the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; especially those of Demeter at Eleusis, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μυστηρίοις τοῖς μείζοσιν, τοῖς ὀλείζοσιν μ., [
Refs]; but usually, τὰ μεγάλα, τὰ μικρὰ μ., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπιέναι πρὸ τῶν μ., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the matter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῆς θεοῦ (i.e. Μεγάλης Μητρὸς) μ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ θεοὶ οἷς τὰ μ. ἐπιτελεῖται [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ μ. ποιεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἐρεῖν And.[same place]: later in
singular, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2 mystic implements and
ornaments, σεμνὰ στεμμάτων μυστήρια [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
properties, such as were carried to Eleusis at the celebration of the mysteries, ὄνος ἄγω μυστήρια, proverbial of an over-loaded beast, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b later,
object used in magical rites, talisman, δότε πνεῦμα τῷ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ κατεσκευασμένῳ μ. [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
3 metaphorically, ὕπνος, τὰ μικρὰ τοῦ θανάτου μ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς σεμνὸν μ., of the military
sacramentum, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally,
mystery, secret, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; προσήγγειλε τὰ μ. τοῖς πολεμίοις[
LXX+2nd c.AD+]; τοὐμὸν τὸ μ. [the remedy] is my
secret, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: hence, of a medicine, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4 secret revealed by God, i.e.
religious or
mystical truth, Corp. Herm.[
Refs], etc.; τὰ μ. τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν [
NT]; τὸ μ. τῆς ἀνομίας the
mystery of iniquity, [
NT+1st c.AD+]; especially of the Gospel or parts of it, τὸ μ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου [
NT];
symbol, τὸ μ. τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων [
NT]
5 σύνηθές τι μ. some vulgar
superstition, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II Dionysius the tyrant called
mouse-holes μυστήρια (μῦς, τηρεῖν), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
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