mythos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mȳthŏs, i, m., = μῦθος,

a fable, myth (late Lat. for fabula): callentes mython ( gen. plur. Gr. μύθων), plasmata, Aus. ap. Prof. Carm. 21, v. 26.