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Headword:
Mustêria
Adler number: mu,1485
Translated headword: mysteries
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] rites.[1]
Mysteries received their name because the hearers keep their mouth shut and report these matters to noone; mu/ein means to close the mouth.[2]
Greek Original:Mustêria: teletai. Mustêria eklêthê para to tous akouontas muein to stoma kai mêdeni tauta exêgeisthai. muein de esti to kleiein to stoma.
Notes:
Keywords: aetiology; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 10 May 2004@13:06:04.
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