A.connected with the mysteries, “τέλος” A.Fr.387; μ. Ἴακχος the mystic chant Iacchus, Hdt.8.65; “χοῖροι” Ar.Ach.764; “αὔρα τις εἰσέπνευσε -ωτάτη” Id.Ra.314; “βίοτος μ.” IG3.172.6; “μ. λόγοι” Phld.Ir.p.46 W.; τὰ μ. the mysteries, Th.6.28,60; ἡ -κή (sc. παράδοσις) mystical doctrine, Procl.in Prm.p.779 S., cf. eund.in Ti.3.12 D.; “τὸ θεῖον καὶ μ.” Dam.Pr.213; οἱ μ., = μύσται, Str.17.1.29: Comp. -ώτερος Luc.Salt.59: Sup. -ώτατος Ar.Ra.l.c., Dam.Pr.111. Adv. -“κῶς, δικάζειν” Poll.8.123 (fort. μυστικῶν in cases relating to the mysteries); mystically, “μ. καὶ τελεστικῶς” Hermog.Id.1.6, cf. D.S.5.77, Porph. Antr.4.
II. private, secret, Cic.Att.4.2.7 (Comp.). Adv. -“κῶς” Str. 10.3.9, LXX 3 Ma.3.10, Vett.Val.46.11: Comp. -ώτερον, scribere Cic. Att.6.4.3.