μύστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “I shut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýs.tis/ → /ˈmys.tis/ → /ˈmis.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmys.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmys.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmys.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.tis/

Noun

μῠ́στις • (mústis) f (genitive μῠστῐδος); third declension

1. one who has been initiated, initiate

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μῠ́στῐς; τῆς μῠ́στῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠ́στῐς hē mústis	τὼ μῠ́στῐδε tṑ mústide	αἱ μῠ́στῐδες hai mústides
Genitive	τῆς μῠ́στῐδος tês mústidos	τοῖν μῠστῐ́δοιν toîn mustídoin	τῶν μῠστῐ́δων tôn mustídōn
Dative	τῇ μῠ́στῐδῐ têi mústidi	τοῖν μῠστῐ́δοιν toîn mustídoin	ταῖς μῠ́στῐσῐ / μῠ́στῐσῐν taîs mústisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠ́στῐδᾰ tḕn mústida	τὼ μῠ́στῐδε tṑ mústide	τᾱ̀ς μῠ́στῐδᾰς tā̀s mústidas
Vocative	μῠ́στῐς mústis	μῠ́στῐδε mústide	μῠ́στῐδες mústides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• μύστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette