Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύμυθος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύμυθος πολύμυθον

Structure: πολυμυθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of many words, wordy
  2. much talked of, famous in story

Examples

  • ἀρεταὶ δ’ αἰεὶ μεγάλαι πολύμυθοι· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 9 23:1)
  • ἦ μὰν πολλάκισ ὔμμιν ἐνώπιον ἀμφοτέροισιν αὐτὸσ ἐγὼ τάδ’ ἐείπα καὶ οὐ πολύμυθοσ ἐών περ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 97)
  • ἀμφοτέρασ, πολύμυθε, Κομητᾶσ σεῖο ἀθρήσασ κύρβεισ γηραλέασ, θῆκεν ἀειθαλέασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 361)
  • Καλλιόπη πολύμυθε μελισσοβότου Ἑλικῶνοσ, τίκτε μοι ἄλλον Ὅμηρον, ἐπεὶ μόλεν ἄλλοσ Ἀχιλλεύσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5231)
  • τὰν μὲν ἀεὶ πολύμυθον, ἀεὶ λάλον, ὦ ξένε, κίσσα φάσει, τὰν δὲ μέθασ σύντροφον ἅδε κύλιξ, τὰν Κρῆσσαν δὲ τὰ τόξα, τὰ δ’ εἴρια τὰν φιλοεργόν, ἄνδεμα δ’ αὖ μίτρασ τὰν πολιοκρόταφον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4231)
  • Παυροεπὴσ Ἤριννα, καὶ οὐ πολύμυθοσ ἀοιδαῖσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 712 1:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ μύθουσ καὶ μήδεα πᾶσιν ὕφαινον ἤτοι μὲν Μενέλαοσ ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγόρευε, παῦρα μὲν ἀλλὰ μάλα λιγέωσ, ἐπεὶ οὐ πολύμυθοσ οὐδ’ ἀφαμαρτοεπήσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 26:6)

Synonyms

  1. of many words

  2. much talked of

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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