mythos

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin mȳthos (“myth”), from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “report, tale, story”). Doublet of myth. The plural form mythoi is from Ancient Greek μῦθοι (mûthoi), and the form mythoses from mythos +‎ -es. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪθɒs/, /ˈmʌɪ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪθoʊs/ Hyphenation: myth‧os === Noun === mythos (countable and uncountable, plural mythoi or mythoses) Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale). A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology. (by extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something. (literature) A recurring theme; a motif. ==== Synonyms ==== mythus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === mythos (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Y-moths, thymos == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.to/ === Noun === mythos m plural of mytho == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦθος m (mûthos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmyː.tʰɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.tos] === Noun === mȳthos m (genitive mȳthī); second declension a myth (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type). ==== Synonyms ==== (myth): fabula f ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → French: mythe m→ Turkish: mit === References === “mythos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press