mysterium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mystērium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈstɪəɹɪəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪˈstɪɹiəm/
• Hyphenation: mys‧te‧ri‧um

Noun

mysterium (plural mysteria)

1. (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
   • 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, p. 263:

     There are many such mysteria: milk is a mysterium of cheese and butter, and cheese in turn a mysterium of maggots, which were thought to form spontaneously in rotting food.

2. (astronomy, now historical) The hypothetical source of a galactic radio emission at 1665 megahertz (later identified as due to hydroxyl radicals in interstellar space).

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῠστήρῐον (mustḗrion).

Noun

mystērium n (genitive mystēriī); second declension

1. mystery (secret rite or worship)
2. secret

References

• mysterium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mysterium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mysterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion).

Noun

mysterium n (definite singular mysteriet, indefinite plural mysterier, definite plural mysteria or mysteriene)

1. a mystery

References

• “mysterium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion).

Noun

mysterium n (definite singular mysteriet, indefinite plural mysterium, definite plural mysteria)

1. mystery (something unexplainable)

   Korleis steinen hamna her er eit mysterium.

   How the rock got here is a mystery.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion). Cognate with English mystery and German Mysterium.

Noun

mysterium n

1. a mystery

References

• mysterium in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• mysterium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.