I. speak, abs., Il. 7.76, 8.40, etc.; μειλίχως μυθεύμενος Semon. 7.18; converse, ἀλλήλοισιν A.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 δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω Il. 2.488, cf. Od. 11.517; οὕς κεν ἐῢ γνοίην καί τʼ οὔνομα μυθησαίμην Il. 3.235; tell of, Σκύλλην Od. 12.223; κήδεα 11.376: c. acc. cogn., speak, utter, μῦθον μ. explain the reason, 3.140; κερτομίας, ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι, Il. 20.202,246; ἀληθέα 6.382; ἐτήτυμα Hes. Op. 10; μέγα Theoc. 10.20; νημερτέα Il. 6.376; νημερτέως Od. 19.269; τὰ δʼ ἄλλʼ ἐν Ἅιδου τοῖς κάτω μυθήσομαι S. l. c.: c. dupl. acc., call so and so, πόλιν μ. πολύχρυσον Il. 18.289: folld. by relat. or interrog. clause, τόν τοι μυθήσομαι, οἷος ἔην Od. 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 θυμόν Il. 17.200; πάντα Ζεὺς μυθεῖται Democr. 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. IA 789 (lyr.); μυθήσας· εἰπών, Phot.