λαθίφρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to make forget”) +‎ -φρων (-phrōn, “minded”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to be hidden, concealed”) and *gʷʰren- (“mind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.tʰí.pʰrɔːn/ → /laˈθi.ɸron/ → /laˈθi.fron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.tʰí.pʰrɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈtʰi.pʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈθi.ɸron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈθi.fron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈθi.fron/

Adjective

λᾰθῐ́φρων • (lăthĭ́phrōn) m or f (neuter λᾰθῐ́φρον); third declension

1. forgetful, absent-minded
2. heedless, foolhardy

Declension

Third declension of λᾰθῐ́φρων; λᾰθῐ́φρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰθῐ́φρων lăthĭ́phrōn	λᾰθῐ́φρον lăthĭ́phron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονες lăthĭ́phrones	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lăthĭ́phronă
Genitive		λᾰθῐ́φρονος lăthĭ́phronos	λᾰθῐ́φρονος lăthĭ́phronos		λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lăthĭphrónoin	λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lăthĭphrónoin		λᾰθῐφρόνων lăthĭphrónōn	λᾰθῐφρόνων lăthĭphrónōn
Dative		λᾰθῐ́φρονῐ lăthĭ́phronĭ	λᾰθῐ́φρονῐ lăthĭ́phronĭ		λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lăthĭphrónoin	λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lăthĭphrónoin		λᾰθῐ́φροσῐ / λᾰθῐ́φροσῐν lăthĭ́phrosĭ(n)	λᾰθῐ́φροσῐ / λᾰθῐ́φροσῐν lăthĭ́phrosĭ(n)
Accusative		λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lăthĭ́phronă	λᾰθῐ́φρον lăthĭ́phron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰς lăthĭ́phronăs	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lăthĭ́phronă
Vocative		λᾰθῐ́φρον lăthĭ́phron	λᾰθῐ́φρον lăthĭ́phron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lăthĭ́phrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονες lăthĭ́phrones	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lăthĭ́phronă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾰθῐφρόνως lăthĭphrónōs			λᾰθῐφρονέστερος lăthĭphronésteros			λᾰθῐφρονέστᾰτος lăthĭphronéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λᾱθα (lātha)
• λαθικᾱ́δης (lathikā́dēs)
• λαθικήδης (lathikḗdēs)
• λαθίπονος (lathíponos)
• λαθιπορφυρίς (lathiporphurís)
• λαθίφθογγος (lathíphthongos)
• λαθιφροσύνη (lathiphrosúnē)
• λᾶθος (lâthos)
• λᾱ́θω (lā́thō)
• λανθάνω (lanthánō)
• λήθαργος (lḗthargos)
• λήθη (lḗthē)
• λῆθος (lêthos)
• λήθω (lḗthō)

Further reading

• “λαθίφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαθίφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette