Lethe

Lēthē, ēs, f., = Λήθη (forgetfulness),

• the river Lethe, in the infernal regions, from which the Shades drank and obtained forgetfulness of the past: pocula Lethes, Ov. P. 2, 4, 23: da mihi hebetantem pectora Lethen, id. ib. 4, 1, 17: soporifera, id. Tr. 4, 1, 47: immittere Lethen Stygiam alicui in viscera, i. e. forgetfulness, Luc. 5, 221: aqua Lethes, i. q. soporifera, Ov. M. 11, 603.— Hence,
• II Lēthaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lethe, Lethean.
• • A Lit.: ratis, Tib. 3, 5, 24: amnis, Verg. A. 6, 705: stagna, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 91.—
  • B Transf.
  • • 1 Of or belonging to the infernal regions: Lethaei dii, Luc. 6, 685: tyrannus, i. e. Pluto, Col. 10, 271: Lethaea vincula abrumpere alicui, to bring one from the Lower World back to life, Hor. C. 4, 7, 27: janitor, i. e. Anubis, Stat. S. 3, 2, 112.—
    • 2 That produces sleepiness or forgetfulness, Lethean: Lethaeo perfusa papavera somno, Verg. G. 1, 78: ros, id. A. 5, 854: papavera, id. G. 4, 545: sucus, Ov. M. 7, 152: amor, faithless love, id. R. Am. 551: nox, id. A. A. 3, 648.

Lēthē, ēs, f. (Λήθη, eig. die Vergessenheit), der Fluß der Unterwelt, aus dem alle hingehenden Schatten trinken, um das Vergangene zu vergessen (dah. oblivionis amnis od. aqua), Ov. ex Pont. 2, 4, 23 u.a.: immittere alci Stygiam Lethen (poet. = Vergessenheit) in viscera, Lucan. 5, 221. – Appell. = Vergessenheit, lethen daemonis sui accipiet, Pelagon. veterin. 28 (397 Ihm). – Dav. Lēthaeus, a, um (Ληθαῖος), a) zum Flusse Lethe- u. zugleich zur Unterwelt gehörig, lethäisch, amnis, Verg., od. gurges, Catull., od. stagna, Prop., der Fluß Lethe: ratis, der Kahn des Charon, Tibull.: tyrannus, Pluto, Colum.: vincula Lethaea abrumpere alci, den Todesschlaf vernichten, ins Leben zurückführen, Hor. – b) poet. = Vergessenheit bringend, somnus, Verg.: papavera, Verg.: sucus, Ov.

Lethe [CL < λήθη] , a river of the underworld, the waters of which confer oblivion. b (fig.) oblivion. quattuor etiam fluvios in eis assignabant: ‥ Leten oblivionem mentis majestatem sue divinitatis obliviscentis ‥ Bern. Comm. Aen. 29; o vetus Henrice, ‥ / ‥ jam Lethes pocula gustas, / oblitus, quicquid artis partisque sciebas M. Cornw. Hen. 290; Lethes dicitur fluvius infernalis Alph. 96.  b Lites, i. oblivio, inde litargia, i. labor obliviosus Alph. 96.

Lēthē, (13) ēs, f. (Λήθη), le Léthé [fleuve des enfers, dont lʼeau faisait oublier le passé] : Ov. P. 2, 4, 33 ; Luc. 5, 221.

lethe, es. f.
隔忘臺河。

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Lēthē ēs, f

• , Λήθη, a river in the lower world, river of oblivion: aqua Lethes, O.

Lethé

(Λήθη, “the river of oblivion”). A river of Hades (q.v.), out of which the souls of the departed drink oblivion of all their early existence. Oblivion was also personified in a goddess called by Hesiod the daughter of Eris (Theog. 227).