Λήθη

Λήθη

See also: λήθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) from Ancient Greek λήθω (lḗthō, “to forget”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”) (from which English lethargy (“sluggishness”)).

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/

Proper noun

Λήθη • (Lḗthē) f (genitive Λήθης); first declension

1. the river Lethe
2. Lethe, a naiad nymph in Greek mythology

Declension

First declension of ἡ Λήθη; τῆς Λήθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λήθη hē Lḗthē
Genitive	τῆς Λήθης tês Lḗthēs
Dative	τῇ Λήθῃ têi Lḗthēi
Accusative	τὴν Λήθην tḕn Lḗthēn
Vocative	Λήθη Lḗthē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λήθη f (Líthi)
• Latin: Lēthē
• Russian: Ле́та f (Léta)

Further reading

• Λήθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
• http://www.koeblergerhard.de/
• Pokorny 651 (1046/2)

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Greek

Proper noun

Λήθη • (Líthi) f (plural Líthi)

1. (Greek mythology) river Lethe

Declension

  Λήθη

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	Λήθη •
genitive	Λήθης •
accusative	Λήθη •
vocative	Λήθη •

Further reading

• Λήθη (μυθολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el