μῦθος, ὁ,

Ι

1. word, speech, freq. in Hom. and other Poets, in sg. and pl., ἔπος καὶ μῦθος Od. 11.561; opp. ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ’ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων Il. 9.443, cf. 19.242; esp. mere word, μύθοισιν, opp. ἔγχεϊ, 18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ A. Pr. 1080 (anap.), etc.: - in special relations:

2. public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει Od. 1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς Hes. Op. 194; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, Od. 21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις Ar. V. 725; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, Od. 7.157.

3. conversation, mostly in pl., 4.214, 239, etc.

4. thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω ib. 744; τὸν ὄντα μ. E. El. 346; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον Il. 1.388, cf. 25, 16.83; charge, mission, 9.625; counsel, advice, 7.358.

5. thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (pl.); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od. 4.676, cf. 777; ἔχετ’ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, cf. 11.442; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι 22.289; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why.., 3.140.

6. saying, κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. Pl. Epin. 980a; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ ’.. E. Fr. 484, cf. Pl. Smp. 177a, Call. Lav.Pall. 56, Ph. 1.601, Plu. 2.661a; saw, proverb, τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ A. Ch. 314 (anap.).

7. talk of men, rumour, ἀγγελίαν.. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει S. Aj. 226 (lyr.), cf. 188 (lyr., pl.), E. IA 72; report, message, S. Tr. 67 (pl.), E. Ion 1340.

II

1. tale, story, narrative, Od. 3.94, 4.324, S. Ant. 11, etc.: in Hom. like the later λόγος, without distinction of true or false, μ. παιδός of or about him, Od. 11.492: so in Trag., ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ (χρόνῳ cod. M.) A. Pers. 713; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν Id. Fr. 139.1: in Prose, τὸν εἰκότα μ. the like ly story, like lihood, Pl. Ti. 29d: prov., μ. ἀπώλετο, 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, Pl. Tht. 164d, cf. R. 621b, Lg. 645b, Phlb. 14a; μ. ἐσώθη ’that’s the end of the story ’, Phot.

2. fiction (opp. λόγος, historic truth), Pi. O. 1.29 (pl.), N. 7.23 (pl.), Pl. Phd. 61b, Prt. 320c, 324d, etc.

3. generally, fiction, μ. ἴδιοι Phld. Po. 5.5; legend, myth, Hdt. 2.45, Pl. R. 330d, Lg. 636c, etc.; ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ. Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.65U.; τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν SIG 382.7 (Delos, iii B.C.).

4. professed work of fiction, children’s story, fable, Pl. R. 377a; of Aesop’s fables, Arist. Mete. 356b11.

5. plot of a comedy or tragedy, Id. Po. 1449b5, 1450a4, 1451a16.

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

μῦθος mythos 5x

    a word, speech, a tale; a fable, figment, 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7; 2Ti 4:4; Tit 1:14; 2Pe 1:16* myth.

G3454 — μῦθος

μυθου, ὁ, from Homer down;

1. a speech, word, saying.

2. a narrative, story;

a. a true narrative.

b. a fiction, a fable; universally, an invention, falsehood: 2Pe 1:16; the fictions of the Jewish theosophists and Gnostics, especially concerning the emanations and orders of the aeons, are called μυθοι (A. V. fables) in 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7; 2Ti 4:4; Tit 1:14. (Cf. Trench, § xc., and references under the word γεναλογια.)

** μῦθος , - ου , ὁ ,

[in LXX : Wis 17:4 A, Sir 20:19 * ;]

1. speech, con-versation.

2. (a) a story, narrative ( Hom .);

(b) later, opp . to λόγος ( a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7 , 2Ti 4:4, Tit 1:14 , 2Pe 1:16. †

SYN.. λόγος G3056, q.v.

詞類次數：名詞（5）

原文字根：閉

字義溯源：無稽之談，虛語*，言語，說話，傳奇，寓言，故事，荒渺的話，荒渺傳說，虛渺傳言；或源自（G3453（μυέω）=講授），而G3453（μυέω）出自（G3466（μυστήριον）=奧祕），G3466（μυστήριον）出自（G3466（μυστήριον）X=封閉*）

出現次數：總共（5）；提前（2）；提後（1）；多（1）；彼後（1）

譯字彙編：

1）荒渺的傳說（3）提前1:4；提後4:4；多1:14；

2）虛渺傳言（1）彼後1:16；

3）荒渺傳說（1）提前4:7