tale

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.

legend: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ, φήμη, ἡ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.

account, number: P. and V. ἀριθμός, ὁ, πλῆθος, τό.

full tale: P. and V. πλήρωμα, τό.

tell tales: use Ar. and P. συκοφαντεῖν.

old wives' tales: P. γραῶν ὕθλος, ὁ (Plato, Theaetetus 176B).

if the vote condemns you, you will soon tell another tale: V. εἴ σε μάρψει ψῆφος ἄλλ' ἐρεῖς τάχα (Aesch., Eumenides 597).