μυθολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “I tell tales”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “I say”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /myː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/ → /my.θo.loˈʝi.a/ → /mi.θo.loˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /myː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.tʰo.loˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.θo.loˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.θo.loˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.θo.loˈʝi.a/

• Hyphenation: μυ‧θο‧λο‧γί‧α

Noun

μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ • (mūthologíā) f (genitive μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. romance, fiction, legend
2. story-telling

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ hē mūthologíā	τὼ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mūthologíā	αἱ μῡθολογῐ́αι hai mūthologíai
Genitive	τῆς μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς tês mūthologíās	τοῖν μῡθολογῐ́αιν toîn mūthologíain	τῶν μῡθολογῐῶν tôn mūthologiôn
Dative	τῇ μῡθολογῐ́ᾳ têi mūthologíāi	τοῖν μῡθολογῐ́αιν toîn mūthologíain	ταῖς μῡθολογῐ́αις taîs mūthologíais
Accusative	τὴν μῡθολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn mūthologíān	τὼ μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ mūthologíā	τᾱ̀ς μῡθολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mūthologíās
Vocative	μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ mūthologíā	μῡθολογῐ́ᾱ mūthologíā	μῡθολογῐ́αι mūthologíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μυθολογία (mythología)
• Latin: mythologia
  • → English: mythology
  • → French: mythologie
• → Russian: мифоло́гия f (mifológija)

Further reading

• “μυθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μυθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μυθολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • folk-lore idem, page 332.
  • legend idem, page 484.
  • lore idem, page 500.
  • mythology idem, page 549.
  • story telling idem, page 821.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.θo.loˈʝi.a/

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• Hyphenation: μυ‧θο‧λο‧γί‧α

Noun

μυθολογία • (mythología) f (plural μυθολογίες)

1. mythology

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μυθολογία (mythología)	μυθολογίες (mythologíes)
genitive	μυθολογίας (mythologías)	μυθολογιών (mythologión)
accusative	μυθολογία (mythología)	μυθολογίες (mythologíes)
vocative	μυθολογία (mythología)	μυθολογίες (mythologíes)

Related terms

• μύθος m (mýthos, “myth”)

• and see: -λογία

Further reading

• μυθολογία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el