μυστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs, “initiated one”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), from μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “I shut”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῠστήρῐον • (mŭstḗrĭon) 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

Second declension of τὸ μῠστήρῐον; τοῦ μῠστηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μῠστήρῐον
tò mŭstḗrĭon 		τὼ μῠστηρῐ́ω
tṑ mŭstērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μῠστήρῐᾰ
tằ mŭstḗrĭă
Genitive τοῦ μῠστηρῐ́ου
toû mŭstērĭ́ou 		τοῖν μῠστηρῐ́οιν
toîn mŭstērĭ́oin 		τῶν μῠστηρῐ́ων
tôn mŭstērĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ μῠστηρῐ́ῳ
tōî mŭstērĭ́ōi 		τοῖν μῠστηρῐ́οιν
toîn mŭstērĭ́oin 		τοῖς μῠστηρῐ́οις
toîs mŭstērĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ μῠστήρῐον
tò mŭstḗrĭon 		τὼ μῠστηρῐ́ω
tṑ mŭstērĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μῠστήρῐᾰ
tằ mŭstḗrĭă
Vocative μῠστήρῐον
mŭstḗrĭon 		μῠστηρῐ́ω
mŭstērĭ́ō 		μῠστήρῐᾰ
mŭstḗrĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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