mystery
From LSJ
εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο → they resorted to disgraceful modes of burial, they lost all shame in the burial of the dead
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
dark saying: P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ (Plato).
secret: Ar. and P. ἀπόρρητον, τό, or pl., V. ἄρρητα, τά; see secret.
mysteries, mystic rites: P. and V. μυστήρια, τά, ὄργια, τά, τέλη, τά, τελεταί, αἱ, P. τὰ μυστικά, V. μυστικὸν τέλος (Aesch., Fragment).
of the mysteries, adj.: Ar. and V. μυστικός.
initiate in mysteries, verb transitive: Ar. and P. τελεῖν, μυεῖν.
initiation in mysteries, subs.: P. and V. τελετή, ἡ.
one initiated in mysteries: Ar. and P. μύστης, ὁ.
