tale
From LSJ
οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι → it was fated that you would be taken by the most miserable death, it has been decreed that thou shouldst be cut off by a most piteous death
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
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).
