λήθη

See also: Λήθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to 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.

Descendants

• Greek: λήθη (líthi)
• Greek: λήθαργος (líthargos)

References

• “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

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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

  λήθη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	λήθη •
genitive	λήθης •
accusative	λήθη •
vocative	λήθη •

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Further reading

• “λήθη”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998