μυθολογέω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μῡθολόγος (mūthológos) + -έω (-éō)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /myː.tʰo.lo.ɡé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.tʰo.loˈɡe.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.θo.loˈʝe.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.θo.loˈʝe.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.θo.loˈʝe.o/
Verb
editμῡθολογέω • (mūthologéō)
- (intransitive) to tell myths or legends
- (transitive) to tell as a legend or myth
- (transitive) to invent like a mythical tale
- (intransitive) to tell stories, converse, confabulate
Conjugation
edit Present: μῡθολογέω, μῡθολογέομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐμῡθολόγεον, ἐμῡθολογεόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμῡθολόγεον | ἐμῡθολόγεες | ἐμῡθολόγεε(ν) | ἐμῡθολογέετον | ἐμῡθολογεέτην | ἐμῡθολογέομεν | ἐμῡθολογέετε | ἐμῡθολόγεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμῡθολογεόμην | ἐμῡθολογέου | ἐμῡθολογέετο | ἐμῡθολογέεσθον | ἐμῡθολογεέσθην | ἐμῡθολογεόμεθᾰ | ἐμῡθολογέεσθε | ἐμῡθολογέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμῡθολόγουν | ἐμῡθολόγεις | ἐμῡθολόγει | ἐμῡθολογεῖτον | ἐμῡθολογείτην | ἐμῡθολογοῦμεν | ἐμῡθολογεῖτε | ἐμῡθολόγουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμῡθολογούμην | ἐμῡθολογοῦ | ἐμῡθολογεῖτο | ἐμῡθολογεῖσθον | ἐμῡθολογείσθην | ἐμῡθολογούμεθᾰ | ἐμῡθολογεῖσθε | ἐμῡθολογοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: μεμῡθολόγηκᾰ, μεμῡθολόγημαι
Pluperfect: ἐμεμῡθολογήκειν, ἐμεμῡθολογήμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐμεμῡθολογήκειν, ἐμεμῡθολογήκη |
ἐμεμῡθολογήκεις, ἐμεμῡθολογήκης |
ἐμεμῡθολογήκει(ν) | ἐμεμῡθολογήκετον | ἐμεμῡθολογηκέτην | ἐμεμῡθολογήκεμεν | ἐμεμῡθολογήκετε | ἐμεμῡθολογήκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐμεμῡθολογήμην | ἐμεμῡθολόγησο | ἐμεμῡθολόγητο | ἐμεμῡθολόγησθον | ἐμεμῡθολογήσθην | ἐμεμῡθολογήμεθᾰ | ἐμεμῡθολόγησθε | ἐμεμῡθολόγηντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Descendants
edit- → Old Church Slavonic: баснословити (basnosloviti) (calque)
Further reading
edit- μυθολογέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μυθολογέω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “μυθολογέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.