μῦθος

See also μύθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (“to complain or care about something”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [mʉ́ː̀tʰos]
• (Koine): IPA: [mˈyːtʰo̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [mˈyθos]

Noun

μῦθος (genitive μύθου) m, second declension; (muthos)

1. something said: word, speech, conversation
2. public speech
3. advice, counsel, command
4. tale, story, narrative, legend

Inflection

Second declension of μῦθος, μύθου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῦθος	τώ μύθω	οἱ μῦθοι
Genitive	τοῦ μύθου	τοῖν μύθοιν	τῶν μύθων
Dative	τῷ μύθῳ	τοῖν μύθοιν	τοῖς μύθοις
Accusative	τόν μῦθον	τώ μύθω	τούς μύθους
Vocative	μῦθε	μύθω	μῦθοι

Derived terms

• μύθευμα
• μυθικός
• μυθογραφέω
• μυθοειδῶς
• μυθολογεύω
• μυθολογία
• μυθοπλάνος
• μυθοποιέω
• μυθύδριον

Descendants

• English: myth
• Russian: миф (mif)

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3454