λάθω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (to be hidden, be covered).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λᾱ́θω (lā́thō) (Doric)

  1. Alternative form of λανθάνω (lanthánō, to escape notice)
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Odes 1.64:
      εἰ δὲ θεὸν ἀνήρ τις ἔλπεταί τι λαθέμεν ἔρδων, ἁμαρτάνει.
      ei dè theòn anḗr tis élpetaí ti lathémen érdōn, hamartánei.
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    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Odes 3.27-29:
      οὐδʼ ἔλαθε σκοπόν· ἐν δʼ ἄρα μηλοδόκῳ Πυθῶνι τόσσαις ἄϊεν ναοῦ βασιλεὺς Λοξίας, κοινᾶνι παρʼ εὐθυτάτῳ γνώμαν πιθών, πάντα ἰσάντι νόῳ· ψευδέων δʼ οὐχ ἅπτεται· κλέπτει τέ νιν
      oud élathe skopón; en d ára mēlodókōi Puthôni tóssais áïen naoû basileùs Loxías, koinâni par euthutátōi gnṓman pithṓn, pánta isánti nóōi; pseudéōn d oukh háptetai; kléptei té nin
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    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 14.1:
      παίσδεις ὦγάθʼ ἔχων· ἐμὲ δʼ ἁ χαρίεσσα Κυνίσκα ὑβρίσδει· λασῶ δὲ μανείς ποκα, θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον.
      paísdeis ôgáth ékhōn; emè d ha kharíessa Kuníska hubrísdei; lasô dè maneís poka, thrìx anà mésson.
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    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 2.45-46:
      τόσσον ἔχοι λάθας, ὅσσόν ποκα Θησέα φαντὶ ἐν Δίᾳ λασθῆμεν ἐυπλοκάμω Ἀριάδνας.
      tósson ékhoi láthas, hóssón poka Thēséa phantì en Díāi lasthêmen euplokámō Ariádnas.
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    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 2.158-159:
      ἦ ῥʼ οὐκ ἄλλό τι τερπνὸν ἔχει, ἁμῶν δὲ λέλασται; νῦν μὲν τοῖς φίλτροις καταθύσομαι· αἰ δʼ ἔτι κἠμὲ
      ê rh ouk álló ti terpnòn ékhei, hamôn dè lélastai? nûn mèn toîs phíltrois katathúsomai; ai d éti kēmè
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    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 4.38-39:
      ὦ χαρίεσσʼ Ἀμαρυλλί, μόνας σέθεν οὐδὲ θανοίσας λασεύμεσθʼ· ὅσον αἶγες ἐμὶν φίλαι, ὅσσον ἀπέσβης.
      ô kharíess Amarullí, mónas séthen oudè thanoísas laseúmesth; hóson aîges emìn phílai, hósson apésbēs.
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Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λανθάνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 831