epimythium

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noun

A moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.

OriginAncient Greek ἐπιμύθιον →
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Meanings

nounepimythium (plural epimythia)

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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐπιμύθιον
  2. Englishepimythium

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

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epimythium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epimythium

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Chicago

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