μῦθος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: μῦ‧θος

Noun

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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

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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".

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: myth, mythos
  • Greek: μύθος (mýthos)
  • Hebrew: מִיתוֹס (mítos)
  • Latin: mȳthus
  • Spanish: mito
  • Italian: mito
  • Russian: миф (mif)
  • Ukrainian: міф (mif), міт (mit)

References

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