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λήθη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λήθη

Structure: ληθ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: lanqa/nw

Sense

a forgetting, forgetfulness
a place of oblivion

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λήθη	λήθᾱ	λῆθαι
Genitive	λήθης	λήθαιν	ληθῶν
Dative	λήθῃ	λήθαιν	λήθαις
Accusative	λήθην	λήθᾱ	λήθᾱς
Vocative	λήθη	λήθᾱ	λῆθαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

λανθάνειν γὰρ νομίζοντεσ ἐπὶ κρυφαίοισ ἁμαρτήμασιν, ἀφεγγεῖ λήθησ παρακαλύμματι ἐσκορπίσθησαν, θαμβούμενοι δεινῶσ καὶ ἰνδάλμασιν ἐκταρασσόμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:3)
πῶσ οὖν, ἴσωσ εἴποιεν ἄν τινεσ, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸσ κρατεῖ, λήθησ καὶ ἀγνοίασ οὐ δεσπόζει̣ γελοῖον ἐπιχειροῦντεσ λέγειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:5)
Πῶσ οὖν, εἴποι τισ ἄν, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸσ κρατεῖ, λήθησ καὶ ἀγνοίασ οὐ κρατεῖ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:24)
περαιωθέντασ δὲ τὴν λίμνην εἰσ τὸ εἴσω λειμὼν ὑποδέχεται μέγασ τῷ ἀσφοδέλῳ κατάφυτοσ καὶ ποτὸν μνήμησ πολέμιον Λήθησ γοῦν διὰ τοῦτο ὠνόμασται. (Lucian, (no name) 5:1)
ὁ δὲ καλὸσ ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸσ νεκροπομπὸσ ὥσπερ τισ ἄλλοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἄνω τὸ τῆσ Λήθησ ὕδωρ πεπωκὼσ ἀναστρέψαι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἐπιλέλησται, καὶ ἤτοι παλαίει μετὰ τῶν ἐφήβων ἢ κιθαρίζει ἢ λόγουσ τινὰσ διεξέρχεται ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ τὸν λῆρον τὸν αὑτοῦ, ἢ τάχα που καὶ κλωπεύει ὁ γεννάδασ παρελθών μία γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὕτη τῶν τεχνῶν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 1:5)

Synonyms

a forgetting
- ἐπιλησμονή (forgetfulness)
- λησμοσύνη (forgetfulness)
- ἔκλησις (a forgetting and forgiving)
- ἀμνηστίᾱ (forgetfulness, an amnesty)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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Sense

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Sense

Declension

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a forgetting

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