λήθαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From λήθη (lḗthē, “forgetfulness”) +‎ ἀργός (argós, “not working”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.tʰar.ɡos/ → /ˈli.θar.ɣos/ → /ˈli.θar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.tʰar.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.tʰar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.θar.ɣos/

Adjective

λήθᾰργος • (lḗthargos) m or f (neuter λήθᾰργον); second declension

1. forgetful
2. lethargic
3. (as a substantive) lethargy

Inflection

Second declension of λήθᾰργος; λήθᾰργον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λήθᾰργος lḗthargos	λήθᾰργον lḗthargon		ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō	ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō		λήθᾰργοι lḗthargoi	λήθᾰργᾰ lḗtharga
Genitive		ληθᾰ́ργου lēthárgou	ληθᾰ́ργου lēthárgou		ληθᾰ́ργοιν lēthárgoin	ληθᾰ́ργοιν lēthárgoin		ληθᾰ́ργων lēthárgōn	ληθᾰ́ργων lēthárgōn
Dative		ληθᾰ́ργῳ lēthárgōi	ληθᾰ́ργῳ lēthárgōi		ληθᾰ́ργοιν lēthárgoin	ληθᾰ́ργοιν lēthárgoin		ληθᾰ́ργοις lēthárgois	ληθᾰ́ργοις lēthárgois
Accusative		λήθᾰργον lḗthargon	λήθᾰργον lḗthargon		ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō	ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō		ληθᾰ́ργους lēthárgous	λήθᾰργᾰ lḗtharga
Vocative		λήθᾰργε lḗtharge	λήθᾰργον lḗthargon		ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō	ληθᾰ́ργω lēthárgō		λήθᾰργοι lḗthargoi	λήθᾰργᾰ lḗtharga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ληθᾰ́ργως lēthárgōs			ληθᾰργότερος lēthargóteros			ληθᾰργότᾰτος lēthargótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ληθᾰργῐ́ᾱ (lēthargíā)

Descendants

• → Latin: lēthargus

References

• “λήθαργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λήθαργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λήθαργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette