Bible Lexicons

λανθάνω,

Pi. Fr. 75.13, etc.: — also λήθω (which is the form of the Act. generally used in compds., δια-λανθάνω being the sole exception), Il. 23.323, S. OT 1325 (lyr.), X. Smp. 4.48; Dor. λάθω [ᾱ] S. El. 222 (lyr.); inf. λᾱθέμεν Pi. O. 1.64: impf. ἐλάνθανον Il. 13.721, etc.; ἔληθον Od. 19.151, S. El. 1359; λῆθον Il. 15.461; Ion. λήθεσκεν 24.13: fut. λήσω Od. 11.102, Ar. Ec. 98, etc.; Aeol. inf. λᾱσην Alc. Supp. 22.8; Dor. λᾱσῶ Theoc. 14.9, al., so (in late writers) λήσομαι, v. infr. c. 11: aor. 1 ἔλησα Nic. Al. 280 (but Hom. has ἐπ-έλησα, Alc. ἐξ-έλᾱσα, in causal sense): aor. 2 ἔλᾰθον Il. 17.676, etc. (for λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B): pf. λέληθα Semon. 7.9, Sol. 13.27; Aeol. part. λελᾱθων Alc. Supp. 26.8: plpf. ἐλελήθειν, Att. - ήθη, Th. 8.33, Ar. Eq. 822, Nu. 380, Luc. Pr.Im. 15; Ion. 3 sg. ἐλελήθεε Hdt. 6.79. causal ληθάνω, aor. 2 λέλᾰθον, v. infr. B. Med. and Pass., λανθάνομαι Arist. Po. 1455a25 (s.v.l.), λήθομαι Il. 11.790, A. Ag. 39; Dor. λάθομαι [ᾱ ] Pi. O. 8.72: impf. λανθανόμην Od. 12.227: fut. λήσομαι 1.308; Dor. λᾱσεῦμαι Theoc. 4.39, also λελήσομαι E. Alc. 198: aor. 1 ἐλησάμην or λησάμην only in late , Maiist. 47, Mosch. 3.62 (Dor. λᾱς -), Q.S. 3.99, etc.; also ἐλήσθην, Dor. inf. λασθῆμεν Theoc. 2.46, cf. διαλανθάνω: aor. 2 ἐλᾰθόμην, λαθ -, Il. 13.835, E. Hipp. 289: rare in Prose exc. in compds., Plu. Caes. 38; also redupl. λελάθοντο, etc., v. infr. c: pf. λέλησμαι S. El. 342, Pl. Phdr. 252a; λέλασμαι, part. λελασμένος, etc.; cf. ἐπιλήθω. in most of the act. tenses, escape notice (freq. joined with a neg.): —

I Constr.:

1 c. acc. pers. only, escape his notice, λάθε δ' Ἕκτορα Il. 22.277; οὐδέ σε λήσει 23.326; οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν νόον 15.461, cf. Od. 11.102, al.; [ τοῦτον] οὐκ ἔστι λαθεῖν ὄμματα φωτός A. Ag. 796 (anap.); οὐ λάθει μ' ὀργά S. El. 222 (lyr.), cf. Ph. 207 (lyr.); τουτί μ' ἐλελήθειν Ar. Nu. 380; εἰ λανθάνει σε perhaps you don't know, Men. Sam. 78: impers., λεληθέναι οὐ θαυμάζω τὸ πλῆθος περὶ τούτου it escaped the notice of the people, X. Hier. 2.5; σὲ δὲ λέληθεν περὶ τοῦτο ὡς.. Pl. Lg. 903c.

2. most freq. with a part. added, in which case we usually translate the part. by a Verb, and express λανθάνω by an Adv., unawares, without being observed; either, c. acc. pers., ἄλλον τινὰ λήθω μαρνάμενος I am unseen by others while fighting, i.e. 1 fight unseen by them, Il. 13.273; πάντας ἐλάνθανε δάκρυα λείβων Od. 8.93, cf. 12.17, 220, 19.88, al., Pi. O. 1.64, 6.36, Hdt. 8.25: freq. in Trag. and Att., μὴ λάθῃ με προσπεσών lest he come on unseen by me, S. Ph. 46, cf. 156 (lyr.); ὅπως μὴ λήσουσιν αὐτοὺς αἱ νῆες.. ἀφορμηθεῖσαι should put to sea without their observing them, Th. 8.10; or, without an acc., φονέα ἐλάνθανε βόσκων he maintained the murderer unawares, Hdt. 1.44; λέληθας ἐχθρὸς ὤν S. OT 415; δουλεύων λέληθας Ar. V. 517; συνέβη δὲ ὑπερημέρῳ γενομένῳ λαθεῖν D. 21.89: the reflex. Pron. may be supplied and is sts. added, λέληθεν αὑτὸν τοῖς ξυνοῦσιν ὢν βαρύς S. Fr. 103; ἕως σαυτὸν λάθοις διαρραγείς Ar. Pax 32, cf. Nu. 242, X. An. 6.3.22: sts., however, a different object must be supplied from the context, βάλλοντες ἐλάνθανον (not ἑαυτούς, but Τρῶας) Il. 13.721; ἐλάνθανε [πάντας] ἔχων Hdt. 8.5; μὴ διαφθαρεὶς λάθῃ [τινὰ ὁ βίος ] S. Ph. 506; μὴ λάθῃ [ἡμᾶς] φύγδα βάς A. Eu. 256 (lyr.), cf. Th. 4.133, etc. — In a few examples this constr. is reversed, and λαθών is put in the part., as in our idiom, ἀπὸ τείχεος ἆλτο λαθών (for ἔλαθεν ἁλόμενος) Il. 12.390; ἣ.. λήθουσά μ' ἐξέπινες S. Ant. 532.

3. rarely c. acc. et inf., μή σε λαθέτω ὑπερτιθέμεν let it not escape thee to.., i.e. forget not to.., Pi. P. 5.23; ἔλαθεν αὐτὸν σύνθημα δοῦναι Plu. Arist. 17; σφᾶς λέληθε Θεόδωρον εἶναι it has been unnoticed that it was.., Paus. 9.41.1.

4. folld. by a relat. clause, οὐδέ με λήθεις, ὅττι θεῶν τίς σ' ἦγε thou escapest me not, it is not unknown to me, that some god led thee, Il. 24.563; οὐδέ ἑ λήθει, ὅππως.. 23.323; ἐδόκεες θεοὺς λήσειν οἷα ἐμηχανῶ thou thought'st to escape the gods' notice in.., Hdt. 8.106; οὔκουν με.. οἷα πράττεις λανθάνει Ar. Eq. 465; οὐ λανθάνεις με, ὅτι.. X. Mem. 3.5.24, cf. Smp. 3.6, 13; ὁ γείτων λ. τινὰ οὐ μόνον ὅτι πράττει, ἀλλ' εἰ.. Pl. Tht. 174b.

5. abs., escape notice or detection, S. Tr. 455, Th. 1.37, 69, al.; λάθε βιώσας Epicur. Fr. 551; λανθάνει τὸ οὖρον προσπῖπτον Hp. Coac. 464. causal, make one forget a thing, c. gen. rei, in compds. ἐκληθάνω, ἐπι-λήθω; the simple Verb only in redupl. aor. 2, ὄφρα.. λελάθῃ ὀδυνάων that.. he may cause him to forget his pains, Il. 15.60; πόλιν λελάθοιτε συντυχιᾶν Lyr.Adesp. 140.9: but

II in late , λέλαθον, = ἔλαθον, escaped notice of, ἑὸν νόον, τοκῆας, A.R. 2.226, 3.779, cf. Orph. A. 876. Med. and Pass., let a thing escape one, forget,

1 forget simply, in pres. (abs.), σὺ δὲ λήθεαι Il. 11.790: c. gen., Κίρκης μὲν ἐφημοσύνης.. λανθανόμην Od. 12.227, cf. Pi. O. 8.72; οὔ ποτε λήσομαι αὐτῶν Od. 1.308; ἄλγος, οὗ ποτ' οὐ λελήσεται E. Alc. 198: mostly in aor. 2, ἀλκῆς λαθέσθαι A. Supp. 731; νόστου τε λαθέσθαι Od. 9.97; πῶς ἂν.. Ὀδυσῆος.. λαθοίμην; 1.65: also in redupl. aor., οὐδὲ σέθεν.. θεοὶ μάκαρες λελάθοντο Il. 4.127; μή τίς μοι ἀπειλάων λελαθέσθω 16.200; οὐ δυνάμην λελαθέσθ' Ἄτης 19.136 (but in Hes. Th. 471 like the Act., ὅπως λελάθοιτο τεκοῦσα that she might bear unknown): so in pf., τῶν δὲ λέλασται Il. 5.834; ἐμεῖο λελασμένος 23.69; κείνου λελῆσθαι S. El. 342, etc.; ἑταίρων πάντων λέλησται Pl. Phdr. 252a: with a relat. clause, λελασμένος ὅσσ' ἐπεπόνθει Od. 13.92: fut. Med. in pass. sense, once in S., οὐδέ ποτε λησόμενον οἷον ἔφυ κακόν never will be forgotten, El. 1249 (lyr.); cf. ἐπιλανθάνω.

2. forget purposely, pass over, ἢ λάθετ' ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν either he chose to forget it.., Il. 9.537; μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ, κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαι A. Ag. 39. II in later writers fut. Med. is used like Act., escape notice, ἡμᾶς Arist. APr. 66a31, cf. A.R. 3.737, Luc. Sacr. 14: abs., Alciphr. 3.52.