λήθω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (to be hidden, be covered).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λήθω • (lḗthō)

  1. alternative form of λανθάνω (lanthánō) used especially in compounds. (Ionic)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 24.10-13:
      ἄλλοτʼ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δʼ αὖτε ὕπτιος, ἄλλοτε δὲ πρηνής· τοτὲ δʼ ὀρθὸς ἀναστὰς δινεύεσκʼ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλός· οὐδέ μιν ἠὼς φαινομένη λήθεσκεν ὑπεὶρ ἅλα τʼ ἠϊόνας τε.
      állot epì pleuràs katakeímenos, állote d aûte húptios, állote dè prēnḗs; totè d orthòs anastàs dineúesk alúōn parà thîn halós; oudé min ēṑs phainoménē lḗthesken hupeìr hála t ēïónas te.
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    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, The Histories 6.79.2:
      ταῦτα δέ κως γινόμενα ἐλελήθεε τοὺς λοιποὺς τοὺς ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ· ἅτε γὰρ πυκνοῦ ἐόντος τοῦ ἄλσεος, οὐκ ὥρων οἱ ἐντὸς τοὺς ἐκτὸς ὅ τι ἔπρησσον, πρίν γε δὴ αὐτῶν τις ἀναβὰς ἐπὶ δένδρον κατεῖδε τὸ ποιεύμενον. οὔκων δὴ ἔτι καλεόμενοι ἐξήισαν.
      taûta dé kōs ginómena elelḗthee toùs loipoùs toùs en tōî teméneï; háte gàr puknoû eóntos toû álseos, ouk hṓrōn hoi entòs toùs ektòs hó ti éprēsson, prín ge dḕ autôn tis anabàs epì déndron kateîde tò poieúmenon. oúkōn dḕ éti kaleómenoi exḗisan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

See λανθάνω (lanthánō) for other tenses.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λανθάνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 831
  • λήθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λήθω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λήθω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963