mystagogus

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English

Etymology

From Latin mystagogus.

Noun

mystagogus (plural mystagogi)

  1. (archaic) A mystagogue.

Latin

Noun

mystagōgus m (genitive mystagōgī); second declension

  1. mystagogue

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mystagōgus mystagōgī
genitive mystagōgī mystagōgōrum
dative mystagōgō mystagōgīs
accusative mystagōgum mystagōgōs
ablative mystagōgō mystagōgīs
vocative mystagōge mystagōgī

Descendants

  • → Dutch: mystagoog
  • → English: mystagogue
  • → German: Mystagoge

References

  • “mystagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mystagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mystagogus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “mystagogus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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