λήθη
λήθ-η, Dor.
λάθα,
ἡ,
A). forgetting, forgetfulness, personified in
Hes. Th. 227 ;
μηδέ σε λήθη αἱρείτω Il. 2.33 ;[
Περσεφόνη] βροτοῖς παρέχει λήθην, βλάπτουσα νόοιο Thgn. 705 ;
κακοῦ λ. S. Ph. 878 , cf.
E. Ba. 282 ,
Or. 213 ;
λήθην ποιεύμενος τά μιν ἐόργεε forgetting .. ,
Hdt. 1.127 ;
λ. ποιεῖν τινος S. Fr. 259 ;
Λήθην .. κωφήν, ἄναυδον Id. Fr. 670 ;
χρόνος πάντα .. ἐς λ. ἄγει Id. Fr. 954 ;
τῶν ἰδίων λ. λαβών Timocl. 6.5 , cf.
Phld. Rh. 1.254 S.;
τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν ἐπάγεσθαι λ. Men. 467 ;
παρέχειν Pl. Phdr. 275a ;
ἐμποιεῖν Id. Phlb. 63e ;
λήθην ἐμποιῆσαι τῶν πεπραγμένων Isoc. 1.8 ;
εἰς λήθην ἐμβαλεῖν τινα Aeschin. 3.205 ;
λήθη λαμβάνει, ἔχει τινά,
Th. 2.49 ,
D. 18.283 ;
λήθη τινὸς ἐγγίγνεταί τινι X. Mem. 1.2.21 ;
εἰς λ. ἀφιγμένα forgotten,
Phld. Ir. p.19 W.
II). after
Hom., of
a place of oblivion in the lower world,
Λήθης δόμοι Simon. 184.6 ;
τὸ Λήθης πεδίον Ar. Ra. 186 ;
τὸ τῆς Λ. π. Pl. R. 621a ,
D.H. 8.52 ;
Λ. ὕδωρ Luc. DMort. 13.6 ,
Paus. 9.39.8 ,
Aesop. 168 ; also,
ὁ τῆς Λήθης ποταμός, of the river
Λιμαίας in Lusitania,
Str. 3.3.4 ,
5 , cf.
App. Hisp. 73 (
71 ).(
Λήθη as pr. n. of a river is not found.)
ShortDef
a forgetting, forgetfulness
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Headword (normalized):
λήθη
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ληθη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-62839
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λήθ-η</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">λάθα</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forgetting, forgetfulness</span>, personified in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:227" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:227/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 227 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μηδέ σε λήθη αἱρείτω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.33 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">Περσεφόνη] βροτοῖς παρέχει λήθην, βλάπτουσα νόοιο</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 705 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">κακοῦ λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:878" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:878/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 878 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 282 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:213" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:213/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 213 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λήθην ποιεύμενος τά μιν ἐόργεε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forgetting</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.127 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λ. ποιεῖν τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:259" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:259/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 259 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Λήθην .. κωφήν, ἄναυδον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:670" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:670/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 670 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρόνος πάντα .. ἐς λ. ἄγει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:954" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:954/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 954 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἰδίων λ. λαβών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0515.tlg001:6:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0515.tlg001:6.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Timocl.</span> 6.5 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.254 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν ἐπάγεσθαι λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:467" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:467/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 467 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παρέχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:275a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:275a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 275a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐμποιεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:63e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:63e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 63e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λήθην ἐμποιῆσαι τῶν πεπραγμένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 1.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς λήθην ἐμβαλεῖν τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:205/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.205 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λήθη λαμβάνει, ἔχει τινά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:283" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:283/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.283 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λήθη τινὸς ἐγγίγνεταί τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς λ. ἀφιγμένα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forgotten</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ir.</span> p.19 </span> W. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a place of oblivion</span> in the lower world, <span class="quote greek">Λήθης δόμοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:184:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:184.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 184.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ Λήθης πεδίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:186/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 186 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τῆς Λ. π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 621a </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:8:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:8.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 8.52 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Λ. ὕδωρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:13:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:13.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMort.</span> 13.6 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:39:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:39:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.39.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0096.tlg002:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0096.tlg002:168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aesop.</span> 168 </a>; also, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τῆς Λήθης ποταμός</span>, of the river <span class="foreign greek">Λιμαίας</span> in Lusitania, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 3.3.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> 5 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hisp.</span> 73 </a> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg007.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> 71 </a>).(<span class="foreign greek">Λήθη</span> as pr. n. of a river is not found.)</div> </div><br><br>'}