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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

"περὶ Βερενίκην τῆσ Λιβύησ Λήθων ποτάμιον, ἐν ᾧ γίνεται ἰχθὺσ λάβραξ καὶ χρύσοφρυσ καὶ ἐγχέλεων πλῆθοσ καὶ τῶν καλουμένων βασιλικῶν, αἳ τῶν τε ἐκ Μακεδονίασ καὶ τῆσ Κωπαίδοσ λίμνησ τὸ μέγεθόσ εἰσιν ἡμιόλιαι, πᾶν τε τὸ ῥεῖθρον αὐτοῦ ἰχθύων ποικίλων ἐστὶ πλῆρεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 84 1:1)
μακάρων δὲ θεῶν ἠλεύαθ’ ὅμιλον, ἄντρον ἔσω ναίουσα παλίσκιον, ἔνθα Κρονίων νύμφῃ ἐυπλοκάμῳ μισγέσκετο νυκτὸσ ἀμολγῷ, ὄφρα κατὰ γλυκὺσ ὕπνοσ ἔχοι λευκώλενον Ἥρην, λήθων ἀθανάτουσ τε θεοὺσ θνητούσ τ’ ἀνθρώπουσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)
τοὺσ γὰρ συμμάχουσ ἀεὶ πλέον ἔχειν αὐτῶν ἐμηχανᾶτο, ἐξαπατῶν μὲν ὅπου καιρὸσ εἰή, φθάνων δὲ ὅπου τάχουσ δέοι, λήθων δὲ ὅπου τοῦτο συμφέροι, πάντα δὲ τἀναντία πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἢ πρὸσ τοὺσ φίλουσ ἐπιτηδεύων. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 7:2)

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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λήθη

Sense

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a forgetting

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Sense

Declension

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a forgetting

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