πολύμυθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “much”) +‎ μῦθος (mûthos, “word”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.myː.tʰos/ → /poˈly.my.θos/ → /poˈli.mi.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.myː.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.mi.θos/

Adjective

πολύμυθος • (polúmuthos) m or f (neuter πολύμυθον); second declension

1. of many words
   1. much-talking, fluent, loquacious, wordy
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.214:

        ἤτοι μὲν Μενέλαος ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγόρευε,
        παῦρα μὲν ἀλλὰ μάλα λιγέως, ἐπεὶ οὐ πολύμυθος
        οὐδ’ ἀφαμαρτοεπής

        ḗtoi mèn Menélaos epitrokhádēn agóreue,
        paûra mèn allà mála ligéōs, epeì ou polúmuthos
        oud’ aphamartoepḗs

        But indeed Menelaus glibly harangued
        with few words, but very clearly, for he was not wordy
        nor random-talking

   2. much talked of

References

• “πολύμυθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “πολύμυθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πολύμυθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers