λαθιφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαθίφρων (lathíphrōn, “forgetful”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /la.θi.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /la.θi.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.tʰi.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.θi.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.θi.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.θi.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

λαθιφροσῠ́νη • (lathiphrosúnē) f (genitive λαθιφροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. forgetfulness; loss of memory; amnesia
2. losing one's mind; dementia; insanity; madness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη; τῆς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη hē lathiphrosúnē	τὼ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ lathiphrosúnā	αἱ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναι hai lathiphrosúnai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νης tês lathiphrosúnēs	τοῖν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn lathiphrosúnain	τῶν λᾰθῐφροσῠνῶν tôn lathiphrosunôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νῃ têi lathiphrosúnēi	τοῖν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn lathiphrosúnain	ταῖς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναις taîs lathiphrosúnais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νην tḕn lathiphrosúnēn	τὼ λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ lathiphrosúnā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s lathiphrosúnās
Vocative	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νη lathiphrosúnē	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́νᾱ lathiphrosúnā	λᾰθῐφροσῠ́ναι lathiphrosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λᾱθα (lātha)
• λαθικᾱ́δης (lathikā́dēs)
• λαθικήδης (lathikḗdēs)
• λαθίπονος (lathíponos)
• λαθιπορφυρίς (lathiporphurís)
• λαθίφθογγος (lathíphthongos)
• λαθίφρων (lathíphrōn)
• λᾶθος (lâthos)
• λᾱ́θω (lā́thō)
• λανθάνω (lanthánō)
• λήθαργος (lḗthargos)
• λήθη (lḗthē)
• λῆθος (lêthos)
• λήθω (lḗthō)

 

Further reading

• “λαθιφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαθιφροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette