mysteriae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mysterius, mysteria, mysterium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Religion
mysterious; of a mystery/secret rite;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- C
Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...Aspergebatur etiam infamia, quod in domo sua facere mysteria dicebatur; quod nefas erat more Atheniensium, idque..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...illa loquax. Condita si non sunt Veneris mysteria cistis, Nec cava vesanis ictibus aera sonant, At sic inter..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...ornata gravitate. Neque enim aut peregrinae superstitionis mysteria, aut obscena petulantia, mensis principis oberrat: sed benigna invitatio..."