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.
- ἄνθρωποσ ἄχαρισ, μῦθοσ ἄκαιροσ. ἐν στόματι ἀπαιδεύτων ἐνδελεχισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 20:18)
- ταῦτά μοι κατὰ τὸν Μῶμον εἰσ ἐμαυτὸν ἀπεσκώφθω, καὶ μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐκ ἂν ἔτι ἐπαγάγοιμι τὸ ἐπιμύθιον ὁρᾶτε γὰρ ἤδη καθ’ ὅ τι τῷ μύθῳ ἐοίκα. (Lucian, (no name) 8:1)
- ἐπεὶ δέ σοι μετέδοξε βελτίω ταῦτα εἶναι καὶ τὴν μὲν ἐλευθερίαν μακρὰ χαίρειν ἐᾶν, ζηλῶσαι δὲ τὸ ἀγεννέστατον ἐκεῖνο ἰαμβεῖον ὅπου τὸ κέρδοσ, παρὰ φύσιν δουλευτέον, ὁρ́α ὅπωσ μηδεὶσ ἔτι ἀκούσεταί σου ἀναγινώσκοντοσ αὐτό, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ ἄλλῳ παράσχῃσ τῶν τὸν παρόντα σου βίον ὁρώντων ἐπελθεῖν τὰ γεγραμμένα, εὔχου δὲ Ἑρμῇ τῷ χθονίῳ καὶ τῶν ἀκηκοότων πρότερον πολλὴν λήθην κατασκεδάσαι, ἢ δόξεισ τῷ τοῦ Κορινθίου μύθου ταὐτόν τι πεπονθέναι, κατὰ σαυτοῦ ὁ Βελλεροφόντησ γεγραφὼσ τὸ βιβλίον· (Lucian, Apologia 9:2)
- 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)
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
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tale
