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epimythium

epimythium noun: a moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.

Noun

epimythium (plural epimythia)

  1. A moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.
    • The fable is explained in an epimythium: "Indeed, what a man neither uses nor intends to use, […]"1997, Gert-Jan van Dijk, Ainoi, logoi, mythoi: fables in archaic, classical, and Hellenistic Greek

Forms of epimythium

pluralepimythia

Origin of epimythium

From Ancient Greek ἐπιμύθιον (epimúthion). More at epimyth.

Questions about epimythium

What does epimythium mean?
Epimythium means a moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.
What part of speech is epimythium?
Epimythium is a noun.
What is the plural of epimythium?
The plural of epimythium is epimythia.

Words near epimythium in the dictionary

  1. epimysiotomies
  2. epimysiotomy
  3. epimysium
  4. epimyth
  5. epimythia
  6. epimythium
  7. epimythiums
  8. epimyths
  9. epinaoi
  10. epinaos
  11. epinasal

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