μυσταγωγός
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
όν, (μύστης, ἄγω)
A introducing or initiating into mysteries, IG5(1).1390.149 (Andania, i B.C.), Plu.Alc.34, etc. 2 generally, teacher, guide, βίου Men.550, cf. Him.Or.15.3. 3 in Sicily, = περιηγητής, cicerone, esp. at temples, Cic.Verr.4.59.132. 4 Christian priest, Men.Prot. p.111 D., Just.Nov.137.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 223] in die Mysterien einführend, einweihend; βίου, Men. fr. inc. 18 a; Plut. Dion. 56; Hesych. erkl. ἱερεὺς ὁ τοὺς μύστας ἄγων. – Nach Cicer. Verr. 4, 59 in Sicilien auch = περιηγητής.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μυστᾰγωγός: -όν, (μύστης, ἄγω) ὁ εἰσάγων ἢ μυῶν εἰς τὰ μυστήρια, Πλουτ. Ἀλκιβ. 34, κτλ., ἴδε Λοβεκ. Ἀγλαόφ. σ. 29. 2) καθόλου, διδάσκαλος, ὁδηγός, βίου Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 18, πρβλ. Ἱμέρ. 15. 3. 3) ἐν Σικελίᾳ = περιηγητής, ὁδηγός, ἐξηγητής, «cicerone», ἰδίως τῶν ναῶν, Κικ. Verr. 4. 59. 4) παρὰ τοῖς Ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς = ἱερεύς, Μένανδρ. Προτίκτωρ 329, 21, ἔκδ. Βόννης.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
1 prêtre chargé d’initier aux mystères, mystagogue;
2 guide, cicerone dans les sanctuaires.
Étymologie: μύστης, ἄγω.
