μυθολογία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”) + -ία (-ía), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.tʰo.loˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.θo.loˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.θo.loˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.θo.loˈʝi.a/
- Hyphenation: μυ‧θο‧λο‧γί‧α
Noun
μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ • (mūthologíā) f (genitive μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ hē mūthologíā |
τὼ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mūthologíā |
αἱ μῡθολογῐ́αι hai mūthologíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς tês mūthologíās |
τοῖν μῡθολογῐ́αιν toîn mūthologíain |
τῶν μῡθολογῐῶν tôn mūthologiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῡθολογῐ́ᾳ têi mūthologíāi |
τοῖν μῡθολογῐ́αιν toîn mūthologíain |
ταῖς μῡθολογῐ́αις taîs mūthologíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῡθολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mūthologíān |
τὼ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mūthologíā |
τᾱ̀ς μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mūthologíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ mūthologíā |
μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ mūthologíā |
μῡθολογῐ́αι mūthologíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μυθολογία (mythología)
- Latin: mythologia
- → English: mythology
- → French: mythologie
- → Russian: мифоло́гия f (mifológija)
Further reading
- “μυθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μυθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μυθολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- folk-lore idem, page 332.
- legend idem, page 484.
- lore idem, page 500.
- mythology idem, page 549.
- story telling idem, page 821.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología).
Pronunciation
Noun
μυθολογία • (mythología) f (plural μυθολογίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μυθολογία (mythología) | μυθολογίες (mythologíes) |
| genitive | μυθολογίας (mythologías) | μυθολογιών (mythologión) |
| accusative | μυθολογία (mythología) | μυθολογίες (mythologíes) |
| vocative | μυθολογία (mythología) | μυθολογίες (mythologíes) |
Related terms
- μύθος m (mýthos, “myth”)
- and see: -λογία
Further reading
μυθολογία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
