mysticus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mystĭcus, a, um, adj., = μυστικός,

of or belonging to secret rites or mysteries, mystic, mystical (poet.): mystica sacra Dindymenes, Mart. 8, 81, 1: vannus Iacchi, Verg. G. 1, 166: vitis, Tib. 3, 6, 1: lampas, Stat. Th. 8, 765.—In plur. subst. : mystĭ-ca , ōrum, n., things pertaining to secret rites , Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26; Inscr. Orell. 2353.—Hence, adv.: mystĭcē , mystically (post-class.), Sol. 32; Ambros. in Luc. 7, § 9.

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