tale
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
legend: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ, φήμη, ἡ, V. αἶνος, ὁ.
account, number: P. and V. ἄριθμος, 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).
