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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lā́tʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *léh₂dʰeh₂, from *leh₂- (“to be concealed”) (whence λανθάνω (lanthánō)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ̌ː.tʰɛː/ → /ˈli.θi/ → /ˈli.θi/
Noun
λήθη • (lḗthē) f (genitive λήθης); first declension
- oblivion; forgetfulness
Declension
Synonyms
and see λήσμων (lḗsmōn) for λησ- stems & λανθάνω (lanthánō) for λαθ- stems, ληθ- verbal forms.
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “λήθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λήθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λήθη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λήθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- λήθη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē).
Pronunciation
Noun
λήθη • (líthi) f (uncountable)
- oblivion
Declension
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singular
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nominative
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λήθη (líthi)
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genitive
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λήθης (líthis)
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accusative
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λήθη (líthi)
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vocative
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λήθη (líthi)
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Synonyms
Antonyms
- αλησμόνητος (alismónitos, “unforgettable”)
- άληστος (álistos, “memorable, unforgettable”) (dated)
- αλήθεια f (alítheia, “truth”) & related words
- επιλήσμων (epilísmon)
- ληθαργικός (lithargikós, “lethargic”)
- λήθαργος m (líthargos, “prolonged sleep, lethargy”)
- λησμονιά f (lismoniá, “oblivion”)
- λησμονάω (lismonáo) / λησμονώ (lismonó, “forget”)
- λησμοσύνη f (lismosýni, “oblivion”)
and see: λανθάνω (lantháno) for stems λαθ- λανθ-
Further reading