1. μῦθος · mythos — Beekes
word, discourse, conversation, deliberation, story, saga, tale, myth
The corpus record
μῦθος
muthos
word, discourse, conversation, deliberation, story, saga, tale, myth
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ars Poetica 49 · 48.45/10k
- Odyssey 153 · 17.6/10k
- Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
- Iliad 147 · 13.18/10k
- 1 Timothy 2 · 12.63/10k
- Prometheus Bound 7 · 11.9/10k
- Libation Bearers 5 · 9.3/10k
- 2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
- Suppliants 6 · 8.53/10k
- 2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
- Persians 4 · 7.86/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 6 · 6.72/10k
Densest 12 of 74 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μῦθος · mythos — Chantraine
m
3. μῦθος · mythos — LSJ
word, speech
Attestations
- μῦθον · mython Iliad 1.25
- μύθῳ · mythōi Iliad 1.33
- μύθῳ · mythōi Iliad 1.221
- μύθῳ · mythōi Iliad 1.273
- μῦθον · mython Iliad 1.326
- μῦθον · mython Iliad 1.379
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1027; entry #4199 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 735-736; entry #5444 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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