Lethen.

Brit.

/ˈliːθi/, U.S.

/ˈliθi/

Forms: Also 1500s Læthe, 1600s Lethee.

Etymology: < Latin Lēthē, a use of Greek λήθη forgetfulness, < ληθ-, ablaut-variant of λαθ-, root of λανθάνεσθαι to forget. In Greek Λήθη is not the name of the river, though it occurs as a personification; the river is Λήθης ὕδωρ ‘water of Lethe’.

1. Greek Mythology. A river in Hades, the water of which produced, in those who drank it, forgetfulness of the past. Hence, the ‘waters of oblivion’ or forgetfulness of the past.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > river of forgetfulness

Lethe1591

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > lake or river of

Styx1390

Lethe1591

Phlegethona1704

1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund ii. iii. sig. C3^v The floud of Lethe cannot wash out thy fame.

1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. C3^v The Carle Obliuion stolne from Læthes lake.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 237 In the Lethe of thy angrie soule, Thou drown the sadd remembrance.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 583 Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth.

1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋5 Who had long since been drowned in the Whirlpools of Lethe.

1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas 191 Severances of Soul for which there is neither balm nor lethe.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. viii. 20 Thou poppy, that of Lethe art the flower.

2. [? Influenced by Latin lēt(h)um.] Death. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun]

hensithOE

qualmOE

bale-sithea1000

endingc1000

fallOE

forthsitheOE

soulingOE

life's endOE

deathOE

hethensithc1200

last end?c1225

forthfarec1275

dying1297

finec1300

partingc1300

endc1305

deceasec1330

departc1330

starving1340

passingc1350

latter enda1382

obita1382

perishingc1384

carrion1387

departing1388

finishmentc1400

trespassement14..

passing forthc1410

sesse1417

cess1419

fininga1425

resolutiona1425

departisona1450

passagea1450

departmentc1450

consummation?a1475

dormition1483

debt to (also of) naturea1513

dissolutionc1522

expirationa1530

funeral?a1534

change1543

departure1558

last change1574

transmigration1576

dissolving1577

shaking of the sheets?1577

departance1579

deceasure1580

mortality1582

deceasing1591

waftage1592

launching1599

quietus1603

doom1609

expire1612

expiring1612

period1613

defunctiona1616

Lethea1616

fail1623

dismissiona1631

set1635

passa1645

disanimation1646

suffering1651

abition1656

Passovera1662

latter (last) end1670

finis1682

exitus1706

perch1722

demission1735

demise1753

translation1760

transit1764

dropping1768

expiry1790

departal1823

finish1826

homegoing1866

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

snuffing1922

fade-out1924

thirty1929

appointment in Samarra1934

dirt nap1981

big chill1987

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 207 Heere was't thou bay'd braue Hart, Heere did'st thou fall, and heere thy Hunters stand Sign'd in thy Spoyle, and Crimson'd in thy Lethee .

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as Lethe-flood, Lethe lake, Lethe wharf; Lethe-wards adv.

ΚΠ

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 23 Tho will we little Love awake, That nowe sleepeth in Lethe lake.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 33 And duller shouldst thou be Then the fat weede which rootes it selfe in ease On Lethe wharffe.

a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) iii. xxiii. sig. D7^v As if that Lethe-floud ran euery where.

1820 J. Keats Ode to Nightingale in Lamia & Other Poems 107 As though of hemlock I had drunk,..One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

letheadj.

Forms: Also Middle English leyth.

Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps shortened < lethy , lithy adj., or < leathwake adj.

Obsolete. rare.

Flexible, supple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

bowable1483

bowing1483

waldinc1485

supple1513

flexible1548

limber1565

lither1565

bending1567

osier1577

wiry1588

buxom1590

withy1598

suppliable1599

renderingc1600

fluxible1607

winding1609

bendable1611

flippant1622

flexive1629

flexile1633

maniable1633

compliant1667

flectible1705

limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 302/1 Lethy, or weyke (S. leyth), flexibilis.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/1 Lethe delyver of ones lymmes, souple.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	lethe
释义	Lethen. Brit. /ˈliːθi/, U.S. /ˈliθi/ Forms: Also 1500s Læthe, 1600s Lethee. Etymology: < Latin Lēthē, a use of Greek λήθη forgetfulness, < ληθ-, ablaut-variant of λαθ-, root of λανθάνεσθαι to forget. In Greek Λήθη is not the name of the river, though it occurs as a personification; the river is Λήθης ὕδωρ ‘water of Lethe’. 1. Greek Mythology. A river in Hades, the water of which produced, in those who drank it, forgetfulness of the past. Hence, the ‘waters of oblivion’ or forgetfulness of the past. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > river of forgetfulness Lethe1591 the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > lake or river of Styx1390 Lethe1591 Phlegethona1704 1591 R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismund ii. iii. sig. C3^v The floud of Lethe cannot wash out thy fame. 1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. C3^v The Carle Obliuion stolne from Læthes lake. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 237 In the Lethe of thy angrie soule, Thou drown the sadd remembrance. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 583 Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth. View more context for this quotation 1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋5 Who had long since been drowned in the Whirlpools of Lethe. 1872 W. R. Greg Enigmas 191 Severances of Soul for which there is neither balm nor lethe. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. viii. 20 Thou poppy, that of Lethe art the flower. 2. [? Influenced by Latin lēt(h)um.] Death. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 207 Heere was't thou bay'd braue Hart, Heere did'st thou fall, and heere thy Hunters stand Sign'd in thy Spoyle, and Crimson'd in thy Lethee . View more context for this quotation Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as Lethe-flood, Lethe lake, Lethe wharf; Lethe-wards adv. ΚΠ 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 23 Tho will we little Love awake, That nowe sleepeth in Lethe lake. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 33 And duller shouldst thou be Then the fat weede which rootes it selfe in ease On Lethe wharffe. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) iii. xxiii. sig. D7^v As if that Lethe-floud ran euery where. 1820 J. Keats Ode to Nightingale in Lamia & Other Poems 107 As though of hemlock I had drunk,..One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). letheadj. Forms: Also Middle English leyth. Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps shortened < lethy , lithy adj., or < leathwake adj. Obsolete. rare. Flexible, supple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 302/1 Lethy, or weyke (S. leyth), flexibilis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/1 Lethe delyver of ones lymmes, souple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1579adj.c1440
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