Lethe

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Lēthē and Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē), the Greek river of oblivion in Hades. Further from Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion; forgetfulness”). === Proper noun === Lethe f A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – butterflies of southeastern Asia and North America, called tree browns, wood browns, and foresters. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Papilioniformes – series; Nymphalidae – family; Satyrinae - subfamily; Satyrini - tribe; Lethina - subtribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Lethe europa (bamboo treebrown) - type species === References === Lethe (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Lethe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Lethe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === From Latin Lēthē, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliːθi/ Rhymes: -iːθi === Proper noun === Lethe (Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris. (with or without the, Greek mythology) The river which flows through Hades from which the souls of the dead drank so that they would forget their time on Earth. Coordinate terms: Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanus, Phlegethon, Styx ==== Derived terms ==== Lethean ==== Related terms ==== lethargy, lethargic ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Ethel, Leeth, Theel, ethel == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Lēthē. === Proper noun === Lethe f (genitive Lethes or Lethe) (mythology, literary) Lethe === Further reading === “Lethe” in Duden online “Lethe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lḗthē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeː.tʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.te] === Proper noun === Lēthē f sg (genitive Lēthēs); first declension (Greek) (Greek mythology) the river Lethe, the river of oblivion ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Lēthaeus === References === “Lethe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lethe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Lethe”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.