[ad. Gr. έπιμύθ-ιον the moral, neut. of έπιμύθιος, f. ἐπί upon + μῦθος fable.] The moral of a fable or story.
[1721–1800. Bailey, Epimythium, the Moral of a Fable.]
1866. Sat. Rev., 24 March, 364. They [certain fables] go upon almost ‘total abstinence’ principles as regards moral and epimyth. Ibid. (1869), 13 Feb., 223. The way of putting it is so neat as to require no epimyth.
