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μυ_θ-έομαι , Ep. 2sg. μυθεῖαι (for μυθέεαι) Od.8.180,
I. speak, abs., Il.7.76, 8.40, etc.; “μειλίχως μυθεύμενοςSemon.7.18; converse, “ἀλλήλοισινA.R.1.458: c. acc. et inf., say that . . , Il.21.462: c. inf., order, A.Pr.664, prob. (for μυθεύομαι) in Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19: c. acc., tell, recount, “πληθὺν δ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδ᾽ ὀνομήνωIl.2.488, cf. Od.11.517; “οὕς κεν ἐῢ γνοίην καί τ᾽ οὔνομα μυθησαίμηνIl.3.235; tell of, “ΣκύλληνOd.12.223; “κήδεα11.376: c. acc. cogn., speak, utter, μῦθον μ. explain the reason, 3.140; κερτομίας, ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι, Il. 20.202,246; “ἀληθέα6.382; “ἐτήτυμαHes.Op.10; “μέγαTheoc.10.20; “νημερτέαIl.6.376; “νημερτέωςOd.19.269; “τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐν Ἅιδου τοῖς κάτω μυθήσομαιS. l. c.: c. dupl. acc., call so and so, “πόλιν μ. πολύχρυσονIl.18.289: folld. by relat. or interrog. clause, “τόν τοι μυθήσομαι, οἷος ἔηνOd.19.245, cf. Pi.P.4.298.
II. say over to oneself, con over, consider, dub. in Od.13.191: in full, “προτὶ ὃν μυθήσατο θυμόνIl.17.200; “πάντα Ζεὺς μυθεῖταιDemocr.30.—Used in Ep. and Trag.; never in Com. or Att. Prose.—Act. μυθέω in Democr.297 as v. l. for μυθοπλαστέω; μυθεῦσαι (i. e. μυθοῦσαι) dub. in E.IA789 (lyr.); μυθήσας: εἰπών, Phot.
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