λήθη

See also: Λήθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lā́tʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *léh₂dʰeh₂, from *leh₂- (“to be concealed”) (whence λανθάνω (lanthánō)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.tʰɛː/ → /ˈli.θi/ → /ˈli.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θi/

Noun

λήθη • (lḗthē) f (genitive λήθης); first declension

1. oblivion; forgetfulness

Declension

First declension of ἡ λήθη; τῆς λήθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λήθη hē lḗthē	τὼ λήθᾱ tṑ lḗthā	αἱ λῆθαι hai lêthai
Genitive	τῆς λήθης tês lḗthēs	τοῖν λήθαιν toîn lḗthain	τῶν ληθῶν tôn lēthôn
Dative	τῇ λήθῃ têi lḗthēi	τοῖν λήθαιν toîn lḗthain	ταῖς λήθαις taîs lḗthais
Accusative	τὴν λήθην tḕn lḗthēn	τὼ λήθᾱ tṑ lḗthā	τᾱ̀ς λήθᾱς tā̀s lḗthās
Vocative	λήθη lḗthē	λήθᾱ lḗthā	λῆθαι lêthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ληθεδών f (lēthedṓn) (poetic)
• λῆθος n (lêthos)
• ληθώ f (lēthṓ)
• λησμοσύνη f (lēsmosúnē)

Related terms

stem ληθ-

• ᾰ̓λήθειᾰ f (alḗtheia) & related words
• ἐκληθάνω (eklēthánō)
• ἐκλήθομαι (eklḗthomai)
• ἐπιλήθης (epilḗthēs)
• ἐπίληθος (epílēthos)
• ἐπιλήθω (epilḗthō)
• καταλήθομαι (katalḗthomai)
• λέληθα (lélētha) & see ληθ- forms of λανθάνω (lanthánō)
• λήθαιος (lḗthaios) / ληθαῖος (lēthaîos)
• ληθάνεμος (lēthánemos)
• ληθάνω (lēthánō)
• ληθαργικός (lēthargikós)
• λήθαργος (lḗthargos)
• ληθεδανός (lēthedanós)
• ληθεδών f (lēthedṓn)
• λήθιος (lḗthios)
• λήθω (lḗthō)

and see λήσμων (lḗsmōn) for λησ- stems & λανθάνω (lanthánō) for λαθ- stems, ληθ- verbal forms.

Descendants

• Greek: λήθη (líthi)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈliθi/
• Hyphenation: λή‧θη
• Homophone: λίθοι (líthoi)

Noun

λήθη • (líthi) f (uncountable)

1. oblivion

Declension

	singular
nominative	λήθη (líthi)
genitive	λήθης (líthis)
accusative	λήθη (líthi)
vocative	λήθη (líthi)

Synonyms

• αμνησία f (amnisía)
• λησμονιά f (lismoniá)

Antonyms

• ανάμνηση f (anámnisi)
• θύμηση f (thýmisi)
• μνήμη f (mními)

Related terms

stem ληθ-, λησ-

• 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

• λήθη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language