themuzicman
October 17th 2004, 06:15 PM
Can anyone translate any of this? What should I be looking at for a diachronic study of this word? What do the abbreviations mean?
mustêri-on , to, ( [mustês, mueô] ) mystery or secret rite: mostly in pl., ta m. the mysteries, first in Heraclit.14, cf. Hdt.2.51 (of the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; esp. those of Demeter at Eleusis (curse), A.Fr.479, S. Fr.804, E.Supp.173, Ar.Ra.887, etc.; mustêriois tois meizosin, tois oleizosin m., IG12.6.93,96; but usu., ta megala, ta mikra m., Sch.Ar. Pl.846, cf. IG12.313.144, 22.1672.4, Pl.Grg.497c, etc.; pro tôn megalôn m. ta mikra paradoteon Iamb.Protr.2 ; apienai pro tôn m., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the matter, Pl.Men.76e; ta tês theou (sc. Megalês Mêtros) m. OGI540.21 (Pessinus, i A.D.); hoi theoi hois ta m. epiteleitai IG5(1).1390.2 (Andania, i B.C.); ta m. poiein And.1.11 , Lys.14.42, cf. Th.6.28 (Pass.); m. erein And.l.c.: later in sg., PMag.Leid.W.3.42 (ii/iii A.D.).
2. mystic implements and ornaments, semna stemmatôn mustêria E.Supp.470 ; esp. properties, such as were carried to Eleusis at the celebration of the mysteries, onos agô mustêria, prov. of an over-loaded beast, Ar.Ra. 159.
b. later, object used in magical rites, talisman, dote pneuma tôi hup' emou kateskeuasmenôi m. PMag.Leid.V.10.19 (iii/iv A.D.).
3. metaph., hupnos, ta mikra tou thanatou m. Mnesim.11 ; tês Rhômaiôn archês semnon m., of the military sacramentum, Hdn.8.7.4: generally, mystery, secret, Pl.Tht.156a; mustêrion sou mê kateipêis tôi philôi Men.695 , cf. LXX Si.27.16, To.12.7; prosêngeile ta m. tois polemiois ib.2 Ma.13.21; mustêria biou Sor.1.3 ; toumon to m. [the remedy] is my secret, Aret.CD2.7: hence, of a medicine, Gal.13.96, Alex.Trall. 5.4.
4. secret revealed by God, i.e. religious or mystical truth, Corp. Herm.1.16, etc.; ta m. tês basileias tôn ouranôn Ev.Matt.13.11 ; pneumati lalein mustêria 1 Ep.Cor.14.2 ; to m. tês anomias the mystery of iniquity, 2 Ep.Thess.2.7; ton Antipatrou bion ouk an hamartoitis eipôn kakias m. J.BJ1.24.1 ; esp. of the Gospel or parts of it, to m. tou euangeliou Ep.Eph.6.19 , cf. 3.9, Ep.Col.1.26, al.; symbol, to m. tôn hepta asterôn Apoc.1.20 , cf. 17.7.
5. sunêthes ti m. some vulgar superstition, Sor.1.4.
II. Dionysius the tyrant called mouse-holes mustêria ( [mus, têrein] ), Ath.3.98d.
mustêri-on , to, ( [mustês, mueô] ) mystery or secret rite: mostly in pl., ta m. the mysteries, first in Heraclit.14, cf. Hdt.2.51 (of the mysteries of the Cabiri in Samothrace), etc.; esp. those of Demeter at Eleusis (curse), A.Fr.479, S. Fr.804, E.Supp.173, Ar.Ra.887, etc.; mustêriois tois meizosin, tois oleizosin m., IG12.6.93,96; but usu., ta megala, ta mikra m., Sch.Ar. Pl.846, cf. IG12.313.144, 22.1672.4, Pl.Grg.497c, etc.; pro tôn megalôn m. ta mikra paradoteon Iamb.Protr.2 ; apienai pro tôn m., i.e. before you have reached the heart of the matter, Pl.Men.76e; ta tês theou (sc. Megalês Mêtros) m. OGI540.21 (Pessinus, i A.D.); hoi theoi hois ta m. epiteleitai IG5(1).1390.2 (Andania, i B.C.); ta m. poiein And.1.11 , Lys.14.42, cf. Th.6.28 (Pass.); m. erein And.l.c.: later in sg., PMag.Leid.W.3.42 (ii/iii A.D.).
2. mystic implements and ornaments, semna stemmatôn mustêria E.Supp.470 ; esp. properties, such as were carried to Eleusis at the celebration of the mysteries, onos agô mustêria, prov. of an over-loaded beast, Ar.Ra. 159.
b. later, object used in magical rites, talisman, dote pneuma tôi hup' emou kateskeuasmenôi m. PMag.Leid.V.10.19 (iii/iv A.D.).
3. metaph., hupnos, ta mikra tou thanatou m. Mnesim.11 ; tês Rhômaiôn archês semnon m., of the military sacramentum, Hdn.8.7.4: generally, mystery, secret, Pl.Tht.156a; mustêrion sou mê kateipêis tôi philôi Men.695 , cf. LXX Si.27.16, To.12.7; prosêngeile ta m. tois polemiois ib.2 Ma.13.21; mustêria biou Sor.1.3 ; toumon to m. [the remedy] is my secret, Aret.CD2.7: hence, of a medicine, Gal.13.96, Alex.Trall. 5.4.
4. secret revealed by God, i.e. religious or mystical truth, Corp. Herm.1.16, etc.; ta m. tês basileias tôn ouranôn Ev.Matt.13.11 ; pneumati lalein mustêria 1 Ep.Cor.14.2 ; to m. tês anomias the mystery of iniquity, 2 Ep.Thess.2.7; ton Antipatrou bion ouk an hamartoitis eipôn kakias m. J.BJ1.24.1 ; esp. of the Gospel or parts of it, to m. tou euangeliou Ep.Eph.6.19 , cf. 3.9, Ep.Col.1.26, al.; symbol, to m. tôn hepta asterôn Apoc.1.20 , cf. 17.7.
5. sunêthes ti m. some vulgar superstition, Sor.1.4.
II. Dionysius the tyrant called mouse-holes mustêria ( [mus, têrein] ), Ath.3.98d.