mysticus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, secret, mystic), from μύστης (mústēs, one who has been initiated).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mysticus (feminine mystica, neuter mysticum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or belonging to secret rites or mysteries.
  2. mystic, mystical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

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References

  • mysticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mysticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mysticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mysticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.