Sense

1. something said: word, speech, conversation
2. public speech
3. (mostly in plural) talk, conversation
4. advice, counsel, command, order, promise
5. the subject of a speech or talk
6. a resolve, purpose, design, plan
7. saying, proverb
8. the talk of men, rumor, report, message
9. tale, story, narrative
10. tale, legend, myth
11. a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop

Examples

• ἄνθρωποσ ἄχαρισ, μῦθοσ ἄκαιροσ. ἐν στόματι ἀπαιδεύτων ἐνδελεχισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 20:18)
• Ἠλέκτ^ου πτέρι καὶ ὑμᾶσ δηλαδὴ ὁ μῦθοσ πέπεικεν, αἰγείρουσ ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ ποταμῷ δακρύειν αὐτὸ θρηνούσασ τὸν Φαέθοντα, καὶ ἀδελφάσ γε εἶναι τὰσ αἰγείρουσ ἐκείνασ τοῦ Φαέθοντοσ, εἶτα ὀδυρομένασ τὸ μειράκιον ἀλλαγῆναι ἐσ τὰ δένδρα, καὶ ἀποστάζειν ἔτι αὐτῶν δάκρυον δῆθεν τὸ ἤλεκτρον. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 1:1)
• νυμφίον ἀθρήσει σε μετὰ Τροίην Λακεδαίμων οὔπω μῦθοσ ἔληγεν, ὁ δ’ ἀγλαὸν ὤπασε μῆλον, ἀγλαϊήσ ἀνάθημα, μέγα κτέρασ Ἀφρογενείῃ, φυταλιὴν πολέμοιο, κακὴν πολέμοιο γενέθλην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 191)
• ὅτι γὰρ οὐκ ἀξιόμαχον λόγων ἰσχὺσ ὄψει ἀνταγωνίσασθαι καὶ ὁ Σειρήνων μῦθοσ παρατεθεὶσ τῷ περὶ τῶν Γοργόνων διδάξειεν ἄν· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 19:1)
• τὸ δὲ τῶν Γοργόνων κάλλοσ, ἅτε βιαιότατόν τε ὂν καὶ τοῖσ καιριωτάτοισ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ὁμιλοῦν, εὐθὺσ ἐξίστη τοὺσ ἰδόντασ καὶ ἀφώνουσ ἐποίει, ὡσ δὲ ὁ μῦθοσ βούλεται καὶ λέγεται, λίθινοι ἐγίγνοντο ὑπὸ θαύματοσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 19:4)

Similar forms

• μῦθον (396)
• μῦθος (160)
• μύθους (102)
• μύθοις (79)
• μύθου (60)
• μῦθοι (32)
• μύθοισι (22)
• μῦθός (14)
• μῦθόν (8)
• μῦθοί (7)
• μύθοιο (4)
• μύθοισί (1)
• μύθοι (1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary