μῦθος
I. "anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech", opp. to ἔργον, Hom., etc.
2. "a speech" in the public assembly, Od., Ar.
3. "talk, conversation", mostly in pl., Od.
4. "counsel, advice, a command, order", also "a promise", Il.
5. "the subject of speech, the thing or matter" itself, Od., Eur.
6. "a resolve, purpose, design, plan", Hom.
7. "a saying, saw, proverb", Aesch.
8. "the talk of men, rumour", Soph., Eur.
II. "a tale, story, narrative", Hom.; μ. παιδός "of or about" him, Od.:—after Hom., μῦθος, like Lat. fabula, is "a tale, legend, myth", opp. to λόγος "the historic tale", Hdt., Plat., etc.: "a fable", such as those of Aesop, Plat.