Lethean en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈliθi.ən/
- /liːˈθi.ən/
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Etymology
From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē).
Meanings
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(Greek, poetic) Of or relating to the river Lethe, one of the four rivers of Hades. Those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness.
Accordingly, she one day took the Lethean crown from off his head: immediately all his old ideas rushed on his mind, and inflamed him with an ardent desire to revisit his country.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 80:The cup which was offered to you when you departed from Elysium was to be the Lethean draught, which would make you forget the joys you had experienced[.]
1813, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, The Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff, London: T. Hookham, jun., and E.T. Hookham, page 99:They ferry over this Lethean sound.
1667, Milton, Paradise Lost:
Translations (4)
la Lethaeus (of or relating to river Lethe) · es leteo (of or relating to river Lethe) · fr léthéen (of or relating to river Lethe) · it leteo (of or relating to river Lethe)