μῦθος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μῦθος
μύθου
Structure:
μυθ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- something said: word, speech, conversation
- public speech
- (mostly in plural) talk, conversation
- advice, counsel, command, order, promise
- the subject of a speech or talk
- a resolve, purpose, design, plan
- saying, proverb
- the talk of men, rumor, report, message
- tale, story, narrative
- tale, legend, myth
- a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν ὦ μύθοι, ὦ ξυνὸσ φιλίησ δόμοσ, ὦ φίλ’ Ἀθῆναι, ὦ θείου βιότου τηλόθε συνθεσίαι, ἴστε τόδ’, ὡσ Βασίλειοσ ἐσ οὐρανόν, ὡσ ποθέεσκεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 81)
- ἐπάγων τῷ λόγῳ διότι φύσιν ἔχει οὕτω γίγνεσθαι, τοῦ τε πυρετοῦ καὶ τοῦ οἰδήματοσ δεδιότοσ ἢ ὄνομα θεσπέσιον ἢ ῥῆσιν βαρβαρικὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βουβῶνοσ δραπετεύοντοσ, ἔτι σοι γραῶν μῦθοι τὰ λεγόμενά ἐστι. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 9:5)
- διὰ σέ, τὰν κύκνου δολιχαύχενοσ γόνον, εἰ δὴ φάτισ ἔτυμοσ ὡσ ἔτυχεν, Λήδα ὄρνιθι πταμένῳ Διὸσ ὅτ’ ἠλλάχθη δέμασ, εἴτ’ ἐν δέλτοισ Πιερίσιν μῦθοι τάδ’ ἐσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἤνεγκαν παρὰ καιρὸν ἄλλωσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, epode5)
- οὔτοι τὸ ταχὺ τὴν δίκην ἔχει, βραδεῖσ δὲ μῦθοι πλεῖστον ἀνύουσιν σοφόν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 6:20)
- μῦθοι τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο μακροὶ καὶ διηγήσεισ, ὡσ θηράσειεν αὐτὸσ ἐν τῇ Μαυρουσίᾳ καὶ ὡσ ἴδοι τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ πολλοὺσ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ συννεμομένουσ καὶ ὡσ ὑπὸ λέοντοσ ὀλίγου δεῖν καταβρωθείη, καὶ ἡλίκουσ ἰχθῦσ ἐπρίατο ἐν Καισαρείᾳ· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 283)
- καὶ γὰρ ἂν εἰή πάνδεινον ὑπὸ δυοῖν μὲν ἐκείνοιν ἡττηθῆναι τοσούτουσ τῶν Σκυθῶν ὁπόσουσ οἳ τε μῦθοι δηλοῦσι καὶ αἱ ὑμέτεραι παλαιαὶ γραφαί, ἃσ μικρῷ πρόσθεν εὖ μάλα ἐξετραγῴδησασ, Ἕλληνασ δὲ πάντασ, τοσαῦτα ἔθνη καὶ τοσαύτασ πόλεισ, ἐρήμην ὑπὸ σοῦ ἁλῶναι. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 11:3)
Synonyms
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public speech
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talk
- λέσχη (talk or gossip, conversation, discussion)
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advice
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a resolve
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saying
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tale
-
tale
