Lethean
See also: lethean
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Lethean
- (chiefly poetic, Greek mythology) Of or relating to the river Lethe, one of the four rivers of Hades. Those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost:
- They ferry over this Lethean sound.
- 1813, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, The Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff, London: T. Hookham, jun., and E.T. Hookham, page 99:
- 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[.]
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 80:
- 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.
Translations edit
of or relating to river Lethe
References edit
“Lethean”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.