mystes

mystes, ae, v. mysta.

1. mystēs, ae, m. (μύστης), ein Priester bei geheimen Gottesdiensten, der Myste, Nom. Sing., Fulg. myth. 1. praef. p. 19 M. Anthol. epigr. Lat. spec. 1. ed. Buech. no. 31, 13. – öfter Plur. mystae, Ov. fast. 4, 536. Auson. edyll. 1, 2. p. 30, 14 Schenkl. Corp. inscr. 1, 581 (myste, ibid. 1, 578 u. 579): infulati mystae, Sid. carm. 9, 206: Schreibung mustae, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 29 M.; vgl. Unger Anal. Prop. p. 52.

mystes [CL < μύστης = one initiated in secret rites] 1 priest. 672 ad augmentum simmistis mistisque [gl.: mistes Graece dicitur misterii auctor. simmistes vero qui sub eo est sive conscius mysterii] ‥ tripudii immo ad doxam onomatis Cyrii Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 490; quum peto sacratae sublimes sedis honores, / tunc quod sim digamus, mihi mystes deneget illos J. Herd Hist. IV Regum 12. 2 one who is addicted or devoted (in quot., to games). alea, charta, fritillus, pila, sphaera, discus: an non haec, celeriter exhausta pecunia, ‥ suos ~as [E: haunters] mittunt aliquo latrocinatum? More Ut. 57.

1 mystēs, v. mysta.

mystēs ae, m

• , μύστης, a priest of the mysteries, O.