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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: phatis 2: epos 3: logos 4: ainos 5: lalia
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Words That Regularly Appear With muthos
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muthos, ho, word, speech, freq. in Hom. and other Poets, in sg. and pl., epos kai muthos Hom. Od. 11.561; opp. ergon, muthôn te rhêtêr' emenai prêktêra te ergôn Hom. Il. 9.443, cf. au=Hom. Il. 19.242; esp. mere word, muthoisin, opp. encheï, au=Hom. Il. 18.252; ergôi kouketi muthôi Aesch. PB 1080 (anap.), etc.:--

  • in special relations:

    2. public speech, m. andressi melêsei     Hom. Od. 1.358; muthoisin skoliois Hes. WD 194; muthou epischesiê the submission of a plea, Hom. Od. 21.71; prin an amphoin m. akousêis, ouk an dikasais Aristoph. Wasps 725; muthoisi kekasthai to be skilled in speech, Hom. Od. 7.157.

    3. conversation, mostly in pl., au=    Hom. Od. 4.214,au=Hom. Od. 4.239=lr, etc.

    4. thing said, fact, matter, muthon de toi ouk epikeusô IBID=au=    Hom. Od. 4.744=lr; ton onta m. Eur. El. 346; threat, command, êpeilêsen muthon Hom. Il. 1.388, cf. au=Hom. Il. 1.25=lr, au=Hom. Il. 16.83; charge, mission, au=Hom. Il. 9.625; counsel, advice, au=Hom. Il. 7.358.

    5. thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, au=    Hom. Il. 1.545 (pl.); muthôn hous mnêstêres eni phresi bussodomeuon Hom. Od. 4.676, cf.au=Hom. Od. 4.777=lr; echet' en phresi muthon au=Hom. Od. 15.445; eche sigêi m., epitrepson de theoisi au=Hom. Od. 19.502, cf. au=Hom. Od. 11.442; matter, theoisi muthon epitrepsai au=Hom. Od. 22.289; muthon mutheisthên, tou heineka laon ageiran the reason why . . , au=Hom. Od. 3.140.

    6. saying, kata ton hêmeteron m.     Plat. Epin. 980a; ouk emos ho m. all' . . E.Fr.484, cf. Plat. Sym. 177a, Call.Lav.Pall.56, Ph.1.601, Plu. 2.661a; saw, proverb, trigerôn m. tade phônei Aesch. Lib. 314 (anap.).

    7. talk of men, rumour, angelian . . tan ho megas m. aexei     Soph. Aj. 226 (lyr.), cf. au=Soph. Aj. 188 (lyr., pl.), Eur. IA 72; report, message, Soph. Trach. 67 (pl.), Eur. Ion 1340.

    II. tale, story, narrative,     Hom. Od. 3.94, au=Hom. Od. 4.324, Soph. Ant. 11, etc.: in Hom. like the later logos, without distinction of true or false, m. paidos of or about him, Hom. Od. 11.492: so in Trag., akousei muthon en brachei logôi (chronôi cod. M.) Aesch. Pers. 713; muthôn tôn Libustikôn IDEM=A.Fr.139.1: in Prose, ton eikota m. the like ly story, like lihood, Plat. Tim. 29d: prov., m. apôleto, either of a story which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, Cratin.59, Crates Com.21, Plat. Theaet. 164d, cf. ti=Plat. Rep. 621b, ti=Plat. Laws 645b, ti=Plat. Phileb. 14a; m. esôthê 'that's the end of the story', Phot.

    III.     = stasis , Panyas. in Coll.Alex.p.249, v.l. in Batr. 135; cf. muthiêtês .