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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύστρον (mústron).
Pronunciation
Noun
mystrum n (genitive mystrī); second declension
- The fourth part of a cyathus, a measure for liquids
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “mystrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mystrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mystrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mystrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin