λαθιφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαθίφρων (lathíphrōn, “forgetful”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /la.θi.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /la.θi.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.θi.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.θi.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.θi.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

λαθιφροσῠ́νη • (lathiphrosŭ́nē) f (genitive λαθιφροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. forgetfulness; loss of memory; amnesia
2. losing one's mind; dementia; insanity; madness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη; τῆς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη hē lăthĭphrosŭ́nē	τὼ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ lăthĭphrosŭ́nā	αἱ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναι hai lăthĭphrosŭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νης tês lăthĭphrosŭ́nēs	τοῖν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn lăthĭphrosŭ́nain	τῶν λᾰθῐφροσῠνῶν tôn lăthĭphrosŭnôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νῃ têi lăthĭphrosŭ́nēi	τοῖν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn lăthĭphrosŭ́nain	ταῖς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναις taîs lăthĭphrosŭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νην tḕn lăthĭphrosŭ́nēn	τὼ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ lăthĭphrosŭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s lăthĭphrosŭ́nās
Vocative	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη lăthĭphrosŭ́nē	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ lăthĭphrosŭ́nā	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναι lăthĭphrosŭ́nai
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)
• λαθίφρων (lathíphrōn)
• λᾶθος (lâthos)
• λᾱ́θω (lā́thō)
• λανθάνω (lanthánō)
• λήθαργος (lḗthargos)
• λήθη (lḗthē)
• λῆθος (lêthos)
• λήθω (lḗthō)

Further reading

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