μυθολόγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῦθος (mûthos) +‎ -λόγος (-lógos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myː.tʰo.ló.ɡos/ → /my.θoˈlo.ɣos/ → /mi.θoˈlo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myː.tʰo.ló.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.tʰoˈlo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.θoˈlo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.θoˈlo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.θoˈlo.ɣos/

Noun

μῡθολόγος • (mūthológos) m (genitive μῡθολόγου); second declension

1. teller of legends, romancer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μῡθολόγος; τοῦ μῡθολόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μῡθολόγος ho mūthológos	τὼ μῡθολόγω tṑ mūthológō	οἱ μῡθολόγοι hoi mūthológoi
Genitive	τοῦ μῡθολόγου toû mūthológou	τοῖν μῡθολόγοιν toîn mūthológoin	τῶν μῡθολόγων tôn mūthológōn
Dative	τῷ μῡθολόγῳ tôi mūthológōi	τοῖν μῡθολόγοιν toîn mūthológoin	τοῖς μῡθολόγοις toîs mūthológois
Accusative	τὸν μῡθολόγον tòn mūthológon	τὼ μῡθολόγω tṑ mūthológō	τοὺς μῡθολόγους toùs mūthológous
Vocative	μῡθολόγε mūthológe	μῡθολόγω mūthológō	μῡθολόγοι mūthológoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μῡθολογέω (mūthologéō)

Descendants

• → Italian: mitologo

Adjective

μῡθολόγος • (mūthológos) m or f (neuter μῡθολόγον); second declension

1. mythological
2. prating

Declension

Second declension of μῡθολόγος; μῡθολόγον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῡθολόγος mūthológos	μῡθολόγον mūthológon		μῡθολόγω mūthológō	μῡθολόγω mūthológō		μῡθολόγοι mūthológoi	μῡθολόγᾰ mūthológa
Genitive		μῡθολόγου mūthológou	μῡθολόγου mūthológou		μῡθολόγοιν mūthológoin	μῡθολόγοιν mūthológoin		μῡθολόγων mūthológōn	μῡθολόγων mūthológōn
Dative		μῡθολόγῳ mūthológōi	μῡθολόγῳ mūthológōi		μῡθολόγοιν mūthológoin	μῡθολόγοιν mūthológoin		μῡθολόγοις mūthológois	μῡθολόγοις mūthológois
Accusative		μῡθολόγον mūthológon	μῡθολόγον mūthológon		μῡθολόγω mūthológō	μῡθολόγω mūthológō		μῡθολόγους mūthológous	μῡθολόγᾰ mūthológa
Vocative		μῡθολόγε mūthológe	μῡθολόγον mūthológon		μῡθολόγω mūthológō	μῡθολόγω mūthológō		μῡθολόγοι mūthológoi	μῡθολόγᾰ mūthológa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῡθολόγως mūthológōs			μῡθολογώτερος mūthologṓteros			μῡθολογώτᾰτος mūthologṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• μυθολόγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μυθολόγος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “μυθολόγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μυθολόγος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • legend idem, page 484.
  • story teller idem, page 821.