Lethaeus
Lethaeus, of Lethe, Lethean
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Lethaeum Proper-name adjective: neuter vocative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter nominative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter accusative singular of Lethaeus
- , Ληθαῖος, of Lethe, Lethean: amnis, V.: vincula, i. e. of death, H.: somnus, profound, V.: ros, soporific, V.: sucus, O.
LETHAEUS (Ληθαῖος, Strab. 10. p. 478; Ptol. 3.17.4; Eustath. ad Hon. Il. 2.646; Solin. 17; Vib. Seq. 13), the large and important river which watered the plain of Gortyna in Crete, now the Malogniti.
[E.B.J]LETHAEUS (Ληθαῖος), a small river of Caria, which has its sources in Mount Pactyes, and after a short course from north to south discharges itself into the Maeander, a little to the south-east of Magnesia. (Strab. 12. p. 554, 14. p. 647; Athen. 15. p. 683.) Arundell (Seven Churches, p. 57) describes the river which he identifies with the ancient Lethaeus, as a torrent rushing along over rocky ground, and forming many waterfalls.
[L.S](Ληθαῖος). (1) A river of Ionia emptying into the Menander.
(2) A river of Crete.
- Paus. 1.35.6, Paus. 5.21.10, Paus. 6.17.3, Paus. 10.32.6