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 • (lathíphrōn) 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 lathíphrōn	λᾰθῐ́φρον lathíphron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονες lathíphrones	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lathíphrona
Genitive		λᾰθῐ́φρονος lathíphronos	λᾰθῐ́φρονος lathíphronos		λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lathiphrónoin	λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lathiphrónoin		λᾰθῐφρόνων lathiphrónōn	λᾰθῐφρόνων lathiphrónōn
Dative		λᾰθῐ́φρονῐ lathíphroni	λᾰθῐ́φρονῐ lathíphroni		λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lathiphrónoin	λᾰθῐφρόνοιν lathiphrónoin		λᾰθῐ́φροσῐ / λᾰθῐ́φροσῐν lathíphrosi(n)	λᾰθῐ́φροσῐ / λᾰθῐ́φροσῐν lathíphrosi(n)
Accusative		λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lathíphrona	λᾰθῐ́φρον lathíphron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰς lathíphronas	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lathíphrona
Vocative		λᾰθῐ́φρον lathíphron	λᾰθῐ́φρον lathíphron		λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone	λᾰθῐ́φρονε lathíphrone		λᾰθῐ́φρονες lathíphrones	λᾰθῐ́φρονᾰ lathíphrona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾰθῐφρόνως lathiphrónōs			λᾰθῐφρονέστερος lathiphronésteros			λᾰθῐφρονέστᾰτος lathiphronéstatos
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