πολύμυθος

πολύμυθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “much”) +‎ μῦθος (mûthos, “word”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.myː.tʰos/ → /poˈly.my.θos/ → /poˈli.mi.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.myː.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.my.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.mi.θos/

Adjective

πολύμυθος • (polúmuthos) m or f (neuter πολύμυθον); second declension

1. of many words
   1. much-talking, fluent, loquacious, wordy
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.214:

        ἤτοι μὲν Μενέλαος ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγόρευε,
        παῦρα μὲν ἀλλὰ μάλα λιγέως, ἐπεὶ οὐ πολύμυθος
        οὐδ᾽ ἀφαμαρτοεπής

        ḗtoi mèn Menélaos epitrokhádēn agóreue,
        paûra mèn allà mála ligéōs, epeì ou polúmuthos
        oud᾽ aphamartoepḗs

        But indeed Menelaus glibly harangued
        with few words, but very clearly, for he was not wordy
        nor random-talking

   2. much talked of

References

• πολύμυθος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πολύμυθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πολύμυθος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers