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λῆθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λῆθος λῆθη λῆθον

Structure: ληθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lh/qomai

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension

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)

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

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