Lethaeus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήθαιος (lḗthaios), ληθαῖος (lēthaîos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeːˈtʰae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈtɛː.us] === Adjective === Lēthaeus (feminine Lēthaea, neuter Lēthaeum); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to Lethe, Lethean of the underworld, of the infernal regions causing forgetfulness or sleepiness ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== See also ==== Ianitor Lethaeus (the watchdog of Hell) === References === “Lethaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lethaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Lethaeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.