μῦθος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

 
  • Hyphenation: μῦ‧θος

Noun

μῦθος (mûthosm (genitive μῡ́θου); second declension

  1. something said: word, speech, conversation
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.561:
      ἀλλ’ ἄγε δεῦρο, ἄναξ, ἵν’ ἔπος καὶ μῦθον ἀκούσῃς
      all’ áge deûro, ánax, hín’ épos kaì mûthon akoúsēis
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.777:
      μῦθον, ὃ δὴ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἤραρεν ἥμιν.
      mûthon, hò dḕ kaì pâsin enì phresìn ḗraren hḗmin.
    1. public speech
    2. (mostly in plural) talk, conversation
    3. advice, counsel, command, order, promise
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.493:
        Ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος·
        Hṑs pháto Sarpēdṓn, dáke dè phrénas Héktori mûthos;
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.358:
        οἶσθα καὶ ἄλλον μῦθον ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοῆσαι.
        oîstha kaì állon mûthon ameínona toûde noêsai.
    4. the subject of a speech or talk
    5. a resolve, purpose, design, plan
    6. saying, proverb
    7. the talk of men, rumor, report, message
  2. tale, story, narrative,
    1. tale, legend, myth
      1. (in Attic prose) a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
    2. a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
    3. the plot of a tragedy or comedy

Usage notes

The scholia on the Odyssey 21.71 says that μῦθος (mûthos) is Aeolic for μόθος (móthos), but compare μυθιήτης (muthiḗtēs). It is used there in the significance of "resolve, purpose".

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