μυέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<b class="b3">μύω</b>, q. v.) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">initiate into the mysteries</b>, μυῶν . . ἄλλους ξένους <span class="bibl">And.1.132</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.6.113; ἐκ τοῦ μυεῖν καὶ ἐποπτεύειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>333e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.59.21</span>; ἐμύησε καὶ μυεῖ τοὺς Ἕλληνας Plu.2.607b: c. acc. cogn., ξένους ἐμύει θεούς <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>2.37</span>:—more freq. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be initiated</b>, ὁ βουλόμενος μυεῖται <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.65</span>; ὅσοι μεμυήμεθα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>456</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ μεμυημένοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">158</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.28</span>; δεῖ γὰρ μυηθῆναί με πρὶν τεθνηκέναι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 375</span>; <b class="b3">μυηθῆναι ἀφ' ἑστίας</b>, v. [[ἑστία; τοῦ ἀφ' ἑστίας μυουμένου]] prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.6.108; μυηθεῖσαν ἀφ' ἑστίας <span class="title">SIG</span>853 (Eleusis, i A. D.); θεοπρόποι ἦλθον... οἵτινες μυηθέντες ἐνεβάτευσαν <span class="title">OGI</span>530.15 (Notium, ii A. D.): c. acc. cogn., <b class="b2">to be initiated in</b> a thing, τὰ μυστήρια μυεῦνται <span class="bibl">Heraclit. 14</span>; <b class="b3">ὅστις τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται</b> in the mysteries of the Cabiri, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.51</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μεγάλα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">μυστήρια</b>) μεμύησαι, πρὶν τὰ σμικρά <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>497c</span>; τὰ ἐρωτικὰ μυηθῆναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>209e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>250c</span>; τὰ λεοντικὰ μ. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Antr.</span>15</span>: also c. dat., ἐμυήθην θεοῖς <span class="bibl">Theophil.1.4</span>; μυεῖσθαι γάμῳ <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, <b class="b2">teach, instruct</b>, c. inf., ἐμύησάς τινα ἰδεῖν <span class="title">AP</span>7.385 (Phil.); <b class="b3">ἀλλά μ' ἀνὴρ ἐμύησ' Ἑλικωνίδα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">εἶναι</b>) ib.<span class="bibl">9.162</span>:—Pass., μεμύημαι καὶ χορτάζεσθαι καὶ πεινᾶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span> 4.12</span>; κυβερνᾶν μυηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.4.21</span>.</span>