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 • (mŭ́stis) 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 mŭ́stĭs	τὼ μῠ́στῐδε tṑ mŭ́stĭde	αἱ μῠ́στῐδες hai mŭ́stĭdes
Genitive	τῆς μῠ́στῐδος tês mŭ́stĭdos	τοῖν μῠστῐ́δοιν toîn mŭstĭ́doin	τῶν μῠστῐ́δων tôn mŭstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ μῠ́στῐδῐ têi mŭ́stĭdĭ	τοῖν μῠστῐ́δοιν toîn mŭstĭ́doin	ταῖς μῠ́στῐσῐ / μῠ́στῐσῐν taîs mŭ́stĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῠ́στῐδᾰ tḕn mŭ́stĭdă	τὼ μῠ́στῐδε tṑ mŭ́stĭde	τᾱ̀ς μῠ́στῐδᾰς tā̀s mŭ́stĭdăs
Vocative	μῠ́στῐς mŭ́stĭs	μῠ́στῐδε mŭ́stĭde	μῠ́στῐδες mŭ́stĭdes
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