mystagogus
English
Etymology
From Latin mystagogus.
Noun
mystagogus (plural mystagogi)
- (archaic) A mystagogue.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μυσταγωγός (mustagōgós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mys.taˈɡoː.ɡʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mis.taˈɡɔː.ɡus]
Noun
mystagōgus m (genitive mystagōgī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mystagōgus | mystagōgī |
| genitive | mystagōgī | mystagōgōrum |
| dative | mystagōgō | mystagōgīs |
| accusative | mystagōgum | mystagōgōs |
| ablative | mystagōgō | mystagōgīs |
| vocative | mystagōge | mystagōgī |
Descendants
- → Dutch: mystagoog
- → English: mystagogue
- French: mystagogue
- → German: Mystagoge
- Italian: mistagogo
- Portuguese: mistagogo
- Romanian: mistagog
References
- “mystagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mystagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mystagogus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mystagogus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers