μῦθος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *mēwdʰ- (“to complain or care about something”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /mý͜ytʰos/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /mýːtʰos/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /mýθos/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /mýθos/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /míθos/
Noun[edit]
μῦθος (genitive μύθου) m, second declension; (muthos)
- something said: word, speech, conversation
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 11.561
- ἀλλ' ἄγε δεῦρο, ἄναξ, ἵν' ἔπος καὶ μῦθον ἀκούσῃς
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 4.777
- μῦθον, ὃ δὴ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἤραρεν ἥμιν.
- public speech
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 1.358
- ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι· μῦθος δ' ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει
- Hesiod, Works and Days, 192
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 1.358
- (mostly in plural) talk, conversation
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 4.214
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 4.239
- advice, counsel, command, order, promise
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Iliad, 5.493
- Ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος·
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Iliad, 7.358
- οἶσθα καὶ ἄλλον μῦθον ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοῆσαι.
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Iliad, 5.493
- the subject of a speech or talk
- a resolve, purpose, design, plan
- saying, proverb
- 458 BC, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers, 314
- the talk of men, rumor, report, message
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 11.561
- tale, story, narrative,
- tale, legend, myth
- (in Attic prose) a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
- circa 380 BC, Plato, The Republic, 330.D
- (in Attic prose) a legend of the early Greek times, before the dawn of history
- a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
- circa 380 BC, Plato, The Republic, 377.A
- 4th century BC, Aristotle, Meteorology, 2.3,2
- the plot of a tragedy
- 4th century BC, Aristotle, Poetics, 6.8
- tale, legend, myth
Inflection[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
The scholia on the Odyssey 21.71 says that μῦθος is Aeolic for μόθος, but compare μυθιήτης. It is used there in the significance of "resolve, purpose."
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- LSJ
- Bauer lexicon
- Strong’s concordance number: G3454