mythos

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 References 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Synonyms 3.2.3 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦθος (muthos), “‘report”, “tale”, “story’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɪθɒs/

[edit] Noun

mythos (plural mythoi or (non-standard) mythoses)

1. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
2. Anything delivered by word of mouth: a word, speech, conversation, or similar; a story, tale, or legend, especially a poetic tale.
3. A tale, story, or narrative, usually verbally transmitted, or otherwise recorded into the written form from an alleged secondary source.

[edit] Usage notes

• An analysis of the comparative frequency of the plural forms mythoi and mythoses in four corpora reveals that, whilst mythoi is rare, mythoses is non-existent therein.^[1][2][3][4] Moreover, of ten other dictionaries, seven list mythoi as the only valid plural,^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} the other three are tacit regarding the matter,^[12][13][14] but none of them mention mythoses.

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[edit] See also

• logos

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• Notes:

1. ^ The British National Corpus (BYU–BNC): mythoi (0) vs. mythoses (0)
2. ^ The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA): mythoi (1) vs. mythoses (0)
3. ^ BYU–OED: The Oxford English Dictionary: mythoi (4) vs. mythoses (0)
4. ^ The TIME Magazine Corpus of American English: mythoi (0) vs. mythoses (0)
5. ^ “mythos” listed in the American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language [4^th Ed.]
6. ^ “mythos” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged
7. ^ “mythos” defined by the Encarta^® World English Dictionary [North American Ed.]
8. ^ “mythos” defined by the Free Online Dictionary
9. ^ “mythos” defined by Merriam–Webster’s Online Dictionary
10. ^ “mythos, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; June 2008]
11. ^ “mythos” defined by the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © 1997 Random House, Inc., on Infoplease
12. ^ “mythos” listed in Garth Kemerling’s Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names [2001]
13. ^ “mythos” defined by Wordsmyth
14. ^ “mythos” defined by YourDictionary.com

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of hmosty
• thymos

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

mythos pl.

1. Plural form of mytho.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

[edit] Noun

mȳthos (genitive mȳthī); m, second declension

1. a myth

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mȳthos	mȳthī
genitive	mȳthī	mȳthōrum
dative	mȳthō	mȳthīs
accusative	mȳthon1	mȳthōs
ablative	mȳthō	mȳthīs
vocative	mȳthe	mȳthī

¹ Or mȳthum.

[edit] Synonyms

• (myth): fabula

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