μυθέομαι

μῡθ-έομαι, Ep. 2 sg. μυθεῖαι (for μυθέεαι) Od. 8.180, μυθέαι 2.202: 3 pl. Ion. impf. μυθέσκοντο Il. 18.289: fut. μυθήσομαι 2.488, S. Aj. 865: Ep. aor. μυθήσατο Il. 17.200: (μῦθος):

• • I speak, abs., Il. 7.76, 8.40, etc.; μειλίχως μυθεύμενος Semon. 7.18; converse, ἀλλήλοισιν A.R. 1.458: c. acc. et inf., say that . ., Il. 21.462: c. inf., order, A. Pr. 664, prob. (for μυθεύομαι) in Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19: c. acc., tell, recount, πληθὺν δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω Il. 2.488, cf. Od. 11.517; οὕς κεν ἐῢ γνοίην καί τʼ οὔνομα μυθησαίμην Il. 3.235; tell of, Σκύλλην Od. 12.223; κήδεα 11.376: c. acc. cogn., speak, utter, μῦθον μ. explain the reason, 3.140; κερτομίας, ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι, Il. 20.202, 246; ἀληθέα 6.382; ἐτήτυμα Hes. Op. 10; μέγα Theoc. 10.20; νημερτέα Il. 6.376; νημερτέως Od. 19.269; τὰ δʼ ἄλλʼ ἐν Ἅιδου τοῖς κάτω μυθήσομαι S. l.c.: c. dupl. acc., call so and so, πόλιν μ. πολύχρυσον Il. 18.289: folld. by relat. or interrog. clause, τόν τοι μυθήσομαι, οἷος ἔην Od. 19.245, cf. Pi. P. 4.298.
  • II say over to oneself, con over, consider, dub. in Od. 13.191: in full, προτὶ ὃν μυθήσατο θυμόν Il. 17.200; πάντα Ζεὺς μυθεῖται Democr. 30.—Used in Ep. and Trag.; never in Com. or Att. Prose.—Act. μυθέω in Democr. 297 as v.l. for μυθοπλαστέω; μυθεῦσαι (i. e. μυθοῦσαι) dub. in E. IA 789 (lyr.); μυθήσας· εἰπών, Phot.

μυθέομαι, [ῡ], sprechen, reden ; ὧδε δὲ μυθέομαι, Il. 7.76 u. öfter, ὡς σύ γε μοθεῖαι, Od. 8.180 ; προτὶ ὃν μυθήσατο θυμόν, Il. 17.200 ; mit folgendem acc. c. inf., οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι, 21.462 ; trans. c. acc., aussprechen, erzählen, nennen, πλῆθυν δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω, 2.488, öfter ; οὔτε θεοπροπίης ἐμπαζόμεθʼ, ἣνσὺ μυθέαι (für μυθέεαι), Od. 2.202 ; Σκύλλην δʼ οὐκέτʼ ἐμυθεόμην, von der Scylla sprach ich nicht mehr, 12.223 ; auch μῦθον μυθείσθην, eine Rede halten, 3.140 ; πόλιν μυθέσκοντο πολύχρυσον, Il. 18.289 ; ὄνομα μυθήσομαι, Od. 9.16 ; πᾶσαν ἀληθείην, 11.507, wie ἀληθέα oft, die Wahrheit sagen ; auch Hes. Th. 28, ἐτήτυμα, Op. 10 ; νημερτέα, Il. 6.376, wie νημερτέως, Od. 19.269 ; ὄφρα ἕκαστα μυθήσαιτο, Od. 13.191 ; Pind. μυθήσαιθʼ ὁποίαν εὗρε παγάν, P. 4.298 ; ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθε, Aesch. Suppl. 274 ; neben ἐπισκήπτειν, den Befehl aussprechen, Prom. 667 ; ἀνδρὸς φλαῦρʼ ἔπη μυθουμένου, Soph. Aj. 1141 ; μυθήσομαι, 852 ; sp.D., ἀμοιβαδὶς ἀλλήλοισι μυθεῦντο, Ap.Rh. 1.457 ; – ἐμυθήθη ἐπʼ ἐμοί, Luc. Philopatr. 1. – Das act. steht bei Democrit. in Stob. Flor. 98.61, ψευδέα περὶ τοῦ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν μυθέοντες φόβου, was aber Valcken zu Eur. Hipp. v. 191 anzweifelt.

μυθέομαι

[μῦθος.]

2 sing. μυθεῖαι (μυθέεαι) Od. 8.180. μυθέαι Il. 2.202.

3 pl. pa. iterative μυθέσκοντο Il. 18.289.

(ἀπο-, παρα-, προτι-)

• • 1

    To utter speech, speak, declare, say : ὥς οἱ ἐμυθεόμην Od. 2.172. Cf. Il. 7.76, Il. 8.40= Il. 22.184, Il. 17.200, Il. 23.305, Il. 17.442 := Od. 5.285 = 376, Od. 8.79, 180, Od. 11.345, Od. 19.287, Od. 23.265.

  • 2

    In indirect discourse.

    With acc. and infin. Il. 21.462.

    With ὡς Od. 8.497, Od. 14.151, Od. 19.269.

    With indirect question : μυθήσεαι ὅττεό σε χρή Od. 1.124. Cf. Od. 4.152.

  • 3

    To give utterance to, utter, speak, say, tell, declare : νημερτέα μυθήσασθε Il. 6.376. Cf. Il. 1.291, Il. 6.382, Il. 7.284, Il. 9.645, Il. 11.201, Il. 20.202 = 433, Il. 20.246 : Od. 2.202, Od. 3.125, 140, Od. 4.829, Od. 11.507, Od. 14.125, Od. 16.339, Od. 17.15, 514, 580, Od. 18.342, Od. 21.193.

  • 4

    To tell, declare, reveal, make known : οὔνομά κε μυθησαίμην Il. 3.235. Cf. Od. 2.373, Od. 9.16, Od. 12.155, Od. 13.191.

    To tell of, declare the meaning or significance of, expound : μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος Il. 1.74. Cf. Od. 2.159.

  • 5

    To speak of, mention Od. 12.223.

    To speak of, tell of, describe : πληθὺν οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι Il. 2.488. Cf. Od. 3.114, Od. 4.240, Od. 7.213, Od. 11.328, 376, 517, Od. 12.451, Od. 19.245, 500.

    To speak of or describe as being so and so : πόλιν μυθέσκοντο πολύχρυσον Il. 18.289.

μῡθέομαι

• 1relate καί κε μυθήσαιθʼ, ὁποίαν, Ἀρκεσίλα, εὗρε παγὰν P. 4.298

μυθέομαι (μῦθος), 2 sing. μῡθέαι and μῡθεῖαι, ipf. iter. μῡθέσκοντο, fut. μῡθήσομαι, aor. μῡθησάμην: speak or talk of, describe, explain, relate, strictly with reference to the subject-matter of discourse (see μῦθος), ἕκαστα, πάντα κατὰ θῡμόν, νημερτέα, μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος, Od. 13.191, Il. 9.645, Il. 6.382, Il. 1.74; w. pred. adj., πόλιν πολύχρῡσον, ‘spoke of it as rich in gold,’ Il. 18.289.

μυθέομαι μῦθος Dep.

• • Ito say, speak, absol., Il.:—c. acc. et inf. to say that, Il.: c. inf. only, to order, Aesch.:—c. acc. to tell, recount, Hom.; also, to tell of, Il.:—c. acc. cogn. to say, speak, utter, Hom.; πόλιν μ. πολύχρυσον to speak of the city as rich in gold, Il.
  • IIto say over to oneself, con over, consider, Hom.