fable

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.

fiction: P. and V. μῦθος, ὁ.

old wives' fables: P. γραῶν ὕθλος, ὁ (Plato).

to have passed into the region of fable: P. ἐπὶ τὸ μυθῶδες ἐκνενικηκέναι (Thuc. 1, 21).

narrate in fables, verb transitive: P. μυθολογεῖν (acc.).