Dictionary entry

G03453

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

μυέω

Alt. μυέω,

Etym. μύω

I. "to initiate into the mysteries", μυῆσαι Dem.:—in Pass. "to be initiated", Hdt., Ar.; οἱ μεμυημένοι "the initiated", Ar.; c. acc. cogn. "to be initiated in" a thing, τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται in the mysteries of the Cabiri, Hdt.; τὰ μέγαλα (sc. μυστήρια) μεμύησαι Plat.

II. generally "to teach, instruct", c. inf., ἐμύησάς τινα ἰδεῖν Anth.